Publication Watters (2018): taxonomic opinions

publication summary

Complete 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.

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
+ Unio puniceus Haldeman, 1842
+ Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors

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

Cambarunio taeniatus punctatus (Lea, 1865) = Cambarunio taeniatus

Cambarunio taeniatus taeniatus (Conrad, 1834) = Cambarunio taeniatus
+ Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860
+ Unio fucatus Lea, 1860
+ Unio lindsleyi Lea, 1860

Leaunio lienosus aquilonius n. ssp. = Leaunio lienosus

Leaunio lienosus caliginosus (Lea, 1845) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852
+ Unio fontanus Conrad, 1866

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
+ Unio prattii Lea, 1858
+ Unio dispar Lea, 1860
+ Unio linguaeformis Lea, 1860
+ Unio contiguus Lea, 1861
+ Unio bicaelatus Reeve, 1865

Leaunio lienosus ouachitaensis n. ssp. = Leaunio lienosus

Leaunio lienosus unicostatus (Wright, 1899) = Leaunio lienosus

Leaunio ortmanni (Walker, 1925)

Leaunio pataecus n. sp.

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
+ 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

Leaunio vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838)

Obovaria arkansasensis (Lea, 1862)

Obovaria choctawensis (Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912) = Obovaria arkansasensis

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 aldermani n. sp.

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

Sagittunio vaughanianus (Lea, 1834)

Venustaconcha constricta (Conrad, 1838)
+ Unio genthii Lea, 1857

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
+ Unio venustus Lea, 1838

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii (Marsh, 1891) = Venustaconcha pleasii

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
+ Unio averillii “Wright” of Authors

Villosa villosa (Wright, 1898)