Publication FMCS (2025): summary

Full Citation

FMCS. 2025. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Checklist of Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta atropurpurea (Rafinesque, 1831)

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964

Alasmidonta raveneliana (Lea, 1834)

There are 321 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Alasmidonta robusta (Clarke, 1981)

Alasmidonta uwharriensis Whelan, Perkins and Mays in Whelan et al., 2023

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)

Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901)

Alasminota etowaensis (Conrad, 1849)

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)

Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lamarck, 1819)

Arcidens wheeleri (Ortmann & Walker, 1912)

Beringiana beringiana (Middendorff, 1851)

Cambarunio hesperus Watters, 2018

Cambarunio iris (Lea, 1829)

Cambarunio jonesii (Lea, 1859)

Cambarunio nebulosus (Conrad, 1834)

Cambarunio simus (Lea, 1838)

Cambarunio taeniatus (Conrad, 1834)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula largillierti (Philippi, 1844)

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Disconaias fimbriata (Frierson, 1907)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843)

Elliptio angustata (Lea, 1831)

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker, 1905)

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842)

Elliptio downiei (Lea, 1858)

Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852)

Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857)

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner, 1956

Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852)

Elliptio occulta (Lea, 1843)

Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1836)

Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1857)

Elliptio spinosa (Lea, 1836)

Epioblasma ahlstedti Jones & Neves, 2010

Epioblasma aureola Jones & Neves, 2010

Epioblasma curtisii (Frierson & Utterback, 1916)

Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma lenior (Lea, 1842)

Epioblasma lewisii (Walker, 1910)

Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838)

Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)

Epioblasma perobliqua (Conrad, 1836)

Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma walkeri (Wilson & Clark, 1914)

Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia burkei (Walker, 1922)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia chunii (Lea, 1861)

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia iheringi (Wright, 1898)

Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia mitchelli (Simpson, 1895)

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hamiota altilis (Conrad, 1834)

Hamiota australis (Simpson, 1900)

Hamiota perovalis (Conrad, 1834)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831)

Lampsilis bergmanni Inoue & Randklev, 2020

Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900

Lampsilis bracteata (Gould, 1855)

Lampsilis brittsi Simpson, 1900

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis powellii (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)

Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927

Lampsilis satura (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis sietmani Keogh & Simons, 2019

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834)

Lampsilis streckeri Frierson, 1927

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Leaunio lienosus (Conrad, 1834)

Leaunio ortmanni (Walker, 1925)

Leaunio pataecus Watters, 2018

Leaunio umbrans (Lea, 1857)

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera marrianae R.I. Johnson, 1983

Medionidus walkeri (S.H. [sic] Wright, 1897)

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria choctawensis (Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)

Paetulunio fabalis (Lea, 1831)

Parvaspina collina (Conrad, 1836)

Parvaspina steinstansana (R.I. Johnson & Clarke, 1983)

Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838)

Platynaias subviridis (Conrad, 1835)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema athearni Gangloff, Williams & Feminella, 2006

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema curtum (Lea, 1859)

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema marshalli Frierson, 1927

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema plenum (Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema stabile (Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema strodeanum (B.H. Wright, 1898)

Pleurobema verum (Lea, 1861)

Pleuronaia gibber (Lea, 1838)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)

Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Potamilus fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831)

Potamilus leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus metnecktayi R.I. Johnson, 1998

Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Potamilus streckersoni Smith, Johnson, Inoue, Doyle & Randklev, 2019

Pterosyna complanata (Barnes, 1823)

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)

Ptychobranchus greenii (Conrad, 1834)

Ptychobranchus jonesi (van der Schalie, 1934)

Pustulosa infucata (Conrad, 1834)

Pustulosa kieneriana (Lea, 1852)

+ Quadrula archeri Frierson, 1905

+ Unio asperatus Lea, 1861

Pustulosa necki Burlakova, Karatayev, Lopes-Lima & Bogan, 2018

Pustulosa nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pustulosa petrina (Gould, 1855)

Pustulosa pustulosa (Lea, 1831)

+ Unio aureus Lea, 1859

+ Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859

+ Unio mortoni Conrad, 1835

+ Unio refulgens Lea, 1868

Pustulosa succissa (Lea, 1852)

Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)

Pyganodon gibbosa (Say, 1824)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860)

Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1835)

Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1854)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

+ Unio apiculatus Say, 1829

+ Unio rumphianus Lea, 1852

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Reginaia apalachicola (Williams & Fradkin, 1999)

Reginaia ebenus (Lea, 1831)

Reginaia rotulata (B.H. Wright, 1899)

Sagittunio aldermani Watters, 2018

Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817)

Sinanodonta pacifica (Lea, 1834) [sic]

+ Sinanodonta woodiana ‘Lea’ of Authors

Strophitus howellsi Smith, Kiser, Johnson, & Randklev, 2023

Strophitus pascagoulaensis Smith, N. A. Johnson, Pfeiffer & Gangloff, 2018

Strophitus williamsi Smith, N. A. Johnson, Pfeiffer & Gangloff, 2018

Theliderma intermedia (Conrad, 1836)

Theliderma johnsoni Bogan & Lopes-Lima, 2019

Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Theliderma sparsa (Lea, 1841)

Theliderma stapes (Lea, 1831)

Toxolasma lividum Rafinesque, 1831

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Toxolasma paulum (Lea, 1840)

Toxolasma pullus (Conrad, 1838)

Truncilla cognata (Lea, 1860)

Truncilla macrodon (Lea, 1859)

Truncilla truncata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia peggyae (R.I. Johnson, 1965)

Utterbackia peninsularis Bogan & Hoeh, 1995

Utterbackiana hartfieldorum (Williams, Bogan & Garner, 2009)

Utterbackiana heardi (Gordon & Hoeh, 1995)

Venustaconcha pleasii (Marsh, 1891)

Venustaconcha trabalis (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa amygdalum (Lea, 1843)

Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa villosa (B.H. Wright, 1898)