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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Davis (1984): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Davis, G.M. 1984. Genetic relationships among some North American Unionidae (Bivalvia): sibling species, convergence, and cladistic relationships. Malacologia 25(2): 629-648. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio cistelliformis Simpson, 1900 = Elliptio cistellaeformis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 716.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 641.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 228.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 317.
Davis et al., 1981. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 15: 135.
Davis, 1984. Malacologia 25(2): 631.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 11.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 73.
(error for Unio cistellaeformis Lea, 1863)

Taxonomic Opinions

Elliptio arctata (Conrad)

Elliptio buckleyi (Lea) = Elliptio jayensis

Elliptio cistelliformis [sic] (Lea) = Elliptio cistellaeformis

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot)

Elliptio congaraea (Lea)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptio fisheriana (Lea)

Elliptio folliculata (Lea)

Elliptio icterina (Conrad)

Elliptio lanceolata (Lea)

Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner

Elliptio producta (Conrad)

Elliptio shepardiana (Lea)

Elliptio waccamawensis (Lea) = Elliptio congaraea

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque)

Fusconaia succissa (Lea) = Pustulosa succissa

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque)

Megalonaias boykiniana (Lea) = Megalonaias nervosa

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque)

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad) = Pustulosa infucata

Uniomerus carolinianus (Bosc)

Uniomerus declivis (Say)

Uniomerus excultus (Conrad) = Uniomerus declivis

 
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