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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Perkins et al. (2025): summary publication summary Complete CitationPerkins, M.A., K.L. DeVilbiss, N.W. Whelan, R.A. Hoch, B.K. Jones et al. 2025. A new endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) genus and species, Ligodonta obscura, from the Yadkin-Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, USA. ZooKeys 1248: 245-265. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAttributed Nominal SpeciesAlasmidonta triangulata Perkins et al., 2025 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Margaritana triangulata Lea, 1858) | |
Alasmidonta undulata Perkins et al., 2025 ‘Say’ of Authors. Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Unio undulata Say, 1817) | |
Anodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010 ‘Heude’ of Authors. Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 178. Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376. Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’]. Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part] Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877) | |
Ligodonta obscura Perkins et al., 2025 Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: 253, figs. 3-8. Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) NCSM_221198, Little River adjacent to NC 134 [North Carolina]. | |
Strophitus undulatus Smith et al., 2018 ‘Say’ of Authors. Smith et al., 2018. MPE 119: 51. [in part] Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1. Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part] Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAlasmidonta arcula Alasmidonta heterodon = Prolasmidonta heterodon Alasmidonta marginata Alasmidonta raveneliana Alasmidonta triangulata Alasmidonta undulata Alasmidonta uwharriensis Alasmidonta varicosa Alasmidonta viridis = Pressodonta viridis Anodonta anatina Anodonta arcaeformis = Anemina arcaeformis + Anodonta arcaeformis var. flavotincta Martens, 1905 Anodonta arcaeformis = Buldowskia flavotincta Anodonta cygnea Anodonta euscaphys = Anemina arcaeformis Anodonta exulcerata Anodonta implicata = Utterbackiana implicata Anodonta impura Anodonta kennerlyi Anodonta lucida = Sinanodonta lucida Anodonta nuttalliana Anodonta oregonensis Anodonta woodiana elliptica = Sinanodonta elliptica Anodonta woodiana pacifica = Sinanodonta pacifica Anodonta woodiana woodiana = Sinanodonta woodiana Anodontoides denigrata = Anodontoides denigratus Anodontoides ferussacianus Arcidens confragosus Arcidens wheeleri Lasmigona complanata = Pterosyna complanata Lasmigona compressa = Platynaias compressa Lasmigona costata Lasmigona decorata = Platynaias decorata Lasmigona etowaensis = Alasminota etowaensis Lasmigona holstonia = Alasminota holstonia Lasmigona subviridis = Platynaias subviridis Ligodonta obscura Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan, 2025, sp. nov. Pseudanodonta complanata Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis Pseudodontoideus subvexus Pyganodon cataracta Pyganodon grandis Pyganodon lacustris Sinanodonta tumens Sinanodonta woodiana Strophitus cf. pascagoulaensis = Strophitus pascagoulaensis Strophitus pascagoulaensis Strophitus radiatus Strophitus undulatus Strophitus williamsi Utterbackia imbecillis Utterbackia peggyae Utterbackia peninsularis Utterbackiana couperiana Utterbackiana hartfieldorum Utterbackiana heardi Utterbackiana suborbiculata
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