MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Cummings & Mayer (1997): summary
Full Citation
Cummings, K.S. & C.A. Mayer. 1997. Distributional checklist and status of Illinois freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Unionacea). [in] Cummings et al. (eds.), Conservation and Management of Freshwater Mussels II: initiatives for the future. Proceedings of the UMRCC Symposium, 16-18 October 1995, St. Louis, Missouri: 129-145. Available electronically.
Taxonomic Opinions
Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Sulcularia viridis
Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata
There are 80 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)
Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)
Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata
Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)
Epioblasma phillipsii (Conrad, 1835) = Obliquaria reflexa
Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857)
Epioblasma rangiana (Lea, 1838)
Epioblasma sampsonii (Lea, 1861)
Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)
Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831)
Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820
Lampsilis higginsii (Lea, 1857)
Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)
Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata
Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa
Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis
Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon
Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus
Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)
Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)
Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)
Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)
Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)
Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)
Pleurobema plenum (Lea, 1840)
Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia
Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)
Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)
Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)
Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1835)
Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra
Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1854)
Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata
Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)
Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)
Toxolasma lividus (Rafinesque, 1831) = Toxolasma lividum
Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum
Toxolasma texasiensis (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense
Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa
Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828)
Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)
Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
Villosa fabalis (Lea, 1831) = Paetulunio fabalis
Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris
Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
