Publication Watters (2018): summary

Full Citation

Watters, G.T. 2018. A preliminary review of the nominal genus Villosa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in North America. Visaya, Supplement (10). 140 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cambarunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 14.
Type species: Unio iris Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Cambarunio iris

Leaunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 33.
Type species: Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Leaunio lienosus

Paetulunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 13.
Type species: Unio fabalis Lea, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Paetulunio fabalis

Sagittunio Watters, 2018

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 54.
Type species: Unio nasutus Say, 1817 (orig. desig.) = Sagittunio nasutus

Attributed Nominal Species

Sagittunio aldermani Watters, 2018 = Sagittunio aldermani

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 55, pl. 32.

Cambarunio dactylus anatinensis Watters, 2018 = Cambarunio dactylus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 17, pl. 7.

Leaunio lienosus aquilonius Watters, 2018 = Leaunio lienosus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 37, pl. 19.

Unio camelopardalis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Cambarunio taeniatus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 450.
Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29.
(error for Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860)

Cambarunio hesperus Watters, 2018 = Cambarunio hesperus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 19, pl. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AND PARATYPES OSUM_36104, James River, above railroad crossing at SE edge of Galena. Stone Co., Missouri. USA. 36.79839° N, -93.46265° W.

Leaunio lienosus ouachitaensis Watters, 2018 = Leaunio lienosus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 40, pl. 21.

Leaunio pataecus Watters, 2018 = Leaunio pataecus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 43, pl. 24.

Margaron (Unio) previostianus Watters, 2018 = Villosa vibex

‘Lea’ Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 10.
(error for Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852)

Cambarunio dactylus viridensis Watters, 2018 = Cambarunio dactylus

Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 18, pl. 8.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cambarunio dactylus anatinensis n. ssp. = Cambarunio dactylus

Cambarunio dactylus dactylus (Lea, 1840) = Cambarunio dactylus

+ Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838

Cambarunio dactylus viridensis n. ssp. = Cambarunio dactylus

Cambarunio hesperus n. sp.

Cambarunio iris (Lea, 1829)

+ Unio creperus Lea, 1838

+ Unio glaber Lea, 1838

+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838

+ Unio amoenus Lea, 1840

+ Unio tener Lea, 1840

+ Unio fatuus Lea, 1840

+ Unio regularis Lea, 1841

+ Unio scitulus Lea, 1860

+ Unio perpictus Lea, 1860

+ Unio opalinus J.G. Anthony, 1866

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There are 138 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Cambarunio jonesii (Lea, 1859)

+ Unio sparus Lea, 1868

Cambarunio nebulosus (Conrad, 1834)

+ Unio planicostatus Lea, 1860

+ Unio radians Lea, 1857

+ Unio discrepans Lea, 1860

+ Unio plancus Lea, 1860

+ Unio difficilis Lea, 1868

Cambarunio simus (Lea, 1836)

+ Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838

+ Unio notatus Lea, 1838

Cambarunio taeniatus pictus (Lea, 1834) = Cambarunio taeniatus

+ Unio interruptus Lea, 1838

+ Unio pulcher Lea, 1838

+ Unio menkianus Lea, 1838

+ Unio latiradiatus Conrad, 1838

+ Unio tennesseensis Lea, 1840

Leaunio lienosus lienosus (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus

+ Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838

+ Unio gouldii Lea, 1845

+ Unio proximus Lea, 1852

+ Unio fuligo Reeve, 1865

+ Unio subellipsis Lea, 1857

+ Unio concestator Lea, 1857

+ Unio apicinus Lea, 1857

+ Unio fallax Lea, 1857

+ Unio intercedens Lea, 1857

+ Unio obfuscus Lea, 1857

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Leaunio ortmanni (Walker, 1925)

Leaunio umbrans (Lea, 1857)

+ Unio umbrosus Lea, 1857

+ Unio tenebricus Lea, 1857

+ Unio fabaceus Lea, 1861

+ Unio porphyreus Lea, 1861

+ Unio proprius Lea, 1865

Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Cambarunio iris + Leaunio vanuxemensis

+ Unio zeiglerianus Lea, 1838

+ Unio obscurus Lea, 1838

+ Unio nitens Lea, 1840

+ Unio pybasii Lea, 1858

+ Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii ‘Lea’ of Authors

+ Unio copei Lea, 1868

+ Unio dispansus Lea, 1871

Obovaria choctawensis (Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Paetulunio fabalis (Lea, 1831)

+ Unio capillus Say, 1831

+ Unio lapillus Say, 1831

+ Unio donacopsis de Gregorio, 1914

Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817)

+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) attenuata Rafinesque, 1820

+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827

+ Unio vaughanianus Sowerby, 1868

Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)

+ Lampsilis nashvillensis ‘Lea’ of Authors

+ Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834

+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850

+ Unio rutersvillensis Lea, 1859

+ Unio cocoduensis Reeve, 1865

+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868

+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrata var. furva Simpson, 1914

Venustaconcha constricta (Conrad, 1838)

+ Unio genthii Lea, 1857

Venustaconcha trabalis (Conrad, 1834)

+ Unio perpurpureus Lea, 1861

Venustaconcha troostensis (Lea, 1834)

+ Unio troostii ‘Lea’ of Authors

Villosa amygdala (Lea, 1843) = Villosa amygdalum

+ Unio trosculus Lea, 1843

+ Unio papyraceus Gould, 1845

+ Unio lepidus Gould, 1856

+ Unio vesicularis Lea, 1872

+ Unio singleyanus Marsh, 1891

Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834)

+ Margarita (Unio) tenerus Lea, 1836

+ Unio ogeecheensis Conrad, 1849

+ Unio concavus Lea, 1852

+ Unio genuinus Lea, 1868

+ Unio tenerus Simpson, 1892

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834

+ Unio exiguus Lea, 1840

+ Unio pellucidus Lea, 1845

+ Unio stagnalis Conrad, 1849

+ Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852

+ Unio nigrinus Lea, 1852

+ Unio gracilior Lea, 1857

+ Unio rutilans Lea, 1857

+ Unio sudus Lea, 1857

+ Unio averellii B.H. Wright, 1888

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Villosa villosa (Wright, 1898)