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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2019): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Lopes-Lima, M., L. Burlakova, A. Karatayev, A. Gomes-dos-Santos, A. Zieritz et al. 2019. Revisiting the North American freshwater mussel genus Quadrula sensu lato (Bivalvia: Unionidae): Phylogeny, taxonomy and species delineation. Zoologica Scripta 48(3): 313-336. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema elliottii

Amblema plicata

Anodonta nuttalliana

Cumberlandia monodonta

Cyclonaias infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata
+ Unio securiformis Conrad, 1849

Cyclonaias kieneriana (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kieneriana
+ Unio asperatus Lea, 1861

Cyclonaias kleiniana (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kleiniana
+ Unio sparsus Küster, 1861
+ Unio liratus Shuttleworth, 1852

Cyclonaias necki Burlakova, Karatayev, Lopes-Lima & Bogan in Burlakova et al., 2018 = Pustulosa necki

Cyclonaias nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Cyclonaias petrina (Gould, 1855) = Pustulosa petrina
+ Unio bollii Call, 1881

Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio aureus Lea, 1859
+ Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio mortoni Conrad, 1835
+ Unio refulgens Lea, 1868
+ Quadrula archeri Frierson, 1905
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) bullata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) retusa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio verrucosa Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio premorsus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio nodulosus Say, 1834
+ Unio prasinus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio turgidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio nodiferus Conrad, 1841
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Cyclonaias pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa kieneriana

Cyclonaias succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa
+ Unio cacao Lea, 1859
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) wrightii Simpson, 1914

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio verrucosus purpureus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio graniferus Lea, 1838
+ Quadrula (sec. Rotundaria) granifera var. pusilla Simpson, 1900
+ Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata utterbackiana Frierson, 1927

Elliptio crassidens

Lampsilis ornata

Leptodea leptodon = Potamilus leptodon

Margaritifera falcata

Megalonaias nervosa

Pleurobema oviformis = Pleurobema oviforme

Pleurobema riddellii

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860)

Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1835)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio apiculatus Say, 1829
+ Unio rumphianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
+ Unio asper Lea, 1831
+ Unio blandianus Lea, 1857
+ Unio forsheyi Lea, 1859
+ Quadrula quadrula contraryensis Utterback, 1915
+ Quadrula (Quadrula) quadrula bullocki F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Unio lunulatus Pratt, 1876
+ Unio unul atus Pratt, 1876

Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)
+ Unio (Eurynia) solenoides Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugosus Chenu, 1862
+ Unio cylindricus var. strigillatus B.H. Wright, 1898
+ Unio cilindricus [sic] var. propetipicus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio cilindricus [sic] var. acrispatus de Gregorio, 1914

Theliderma intermedia (Conrad, 1836)
+ Unio tuberosus var. perlobatus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Quadrula biangulata Morrison, 1942

Theliderma johnsoni n. sp.

Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio tuberosus Lea, 1840
+ Unio wardii Lea, 1861
+ Quadrula quadrula Lydeard et al., 2000
+ Quadrula nobilis Campbell et al., 2005

Theliderma sparsa (Lea, 1841)

Theliderma stapes (Lea, 1831)

Tritogonia nobilis (Conrad, 1854) = Quadrula nobilis

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840
+ Unio conjugans B.H. Wright, 1899
+ Tritogonia tuberculata var. obesa Simpson, 1900
+ Quadrula tritogonia Ortmann, 1909
+ Quadrula parkeri Geiser, 1911

Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus declivis

Uniomerus tetralasmus