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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

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Publication Marshall et al. (2018): summary

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Full Citation

Marshall, N.T., J.A. Banta, L.R. Williams, M.G. Williams & J.S., jr. Placyk. 2018. DNA barcoding permits identification of potential fish hosts of unionid freshwater mussels. American Malacological Bulletin 36(1): 42-56. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio texasensis Lea, 1860 = Toxolasma texasiense

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 359.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 505.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 563.
Ortmann, 1915. Nautilus 28(12): 141.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(9): 398.
Gordon et al., 1979. Bull. AMU (1979): 35, Table 3.
Cummings & Mayer, 1992. Freshw. Mussels Midwest (5): 134.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 169.
R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 34.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 70 [as ‘Toxolasma texasensis’].
McMurray et al., 2012. Mo. Freshw. Mussels: 57 [as ‘Toxolasma texasense’].
Marshall et al., 2018. Amer. Malac. Bull. 36(1): 44.
(error for Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857)

Taxonomic Opinions

“L.” complanata = Elliptio complanata

A. confragosus = Arcidens confragosus

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta suborbiculata (Say, 1831) = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896)

Fusconaia flava

Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1901)

G. rotundata = Glebula rotundata

L. subrostrata = Sagittunio subrostratus

Lampsilis hydiana (I. Lea, 1831) [sic]

Lampsilis satura (I. Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Leptodea fragilis = Potamilus fragilis

M. nervosa = Megalonaias nervosa

Obliquaria reflexa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria arkansasensis (I. Lea, 1862)

P. grandis = Pyganodon grandis

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Pleurobema riddellii (I. Lea, 1862)

Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)

Potamilus ohiensis

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Quadrula apiculata = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula mortoni (I. Lea, 1831) [sic] = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula nobilis

Quadrula pustulosa = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

S. undulatus = Strophitus undulatus

Toxolasma parvus = Toxolasma parvum

Toxolasma texasensis [sic] (I. Lea, 1860) [sic] = Toxolasma texasiense

Truncilla donaciformis

Truncilla truncata (Rafinesque, 1820)

U. declivis = Uniomerus declivis

U. imbecillis = Utterbackia imbecillis

U. tetralasmus = Uniomerus tetralasmus

V. lienosa = Leaunio lienosus

 
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