Publication Frierson (1927): summary

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Frierson, L.S. 1927. A Classified and Annotated Check List of the North American Naiades. 111 pp. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924002812125&view=1up&seq=3.

Attributed Nominal Families

ALASMIDONTIDAE Rafinesque, 1820

Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317 [as ‘Alasmidia. Les Alasmides’].
Deshayes, 1830. Enc. Méth. 2 (Première partie): 13 [as ‘Alasmides’].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268, 381 [as ‘Alasmodontinæ’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 8-9, 18.
(correct name for Alasmodontidae Swainson, 1840)
Type genus: Alasmidonta Say, 1818 = Alasmidonta

PSEUDODONTIDAE Frierson, 1927

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 67.
Type genus: Pseudodon Gould, 1844 = Pseudodon

Attributed Nominal Genera

Bullata Frierson, 1927

(renamed Pustulosa Frierson, 1927; homonym of Jousseaume, 1875 [Gastr.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 48.
Type species: Obliquaria (Quadrula) bullata Rafinesque, 1820 (original designation) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Capsaeformis Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 95.
Type species: Unio capsaeformis Lea, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Epioblasma capsaeformis

Cyrtonais Frierson, 1927

(error for Cyrtonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84.
Type species: Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857 = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Delphinonais Frierson, 1927

(error for Delphinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
‘Crosse & Fischer’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84.
Type species: Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849 = Delphinonaias largillierti

Elliptoideus Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 33.
Type species: Unio sloatianus Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Elliptoideus sloatianus

There are 21 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (26 total).

Eurynaia Frierson, 1927

(error for Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 10, 33.
Morrison, 1966. AMU Annual Rept. (1966): 44.
Type species: Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820 = Eurynia dilatata

Fusconia Frierson, 1927

(error for Fusconaia Simpson, 1900)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 10, 54.
Type species: Unio trigonus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava

Luteacarnea Frierson, 1927

(new name for Striata Frierson, 1927; intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: errata et corrigenda.
Type species: Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820 = Obovaria subrotunda

Martensnaias Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38.
Type species: Unio rubicundus Martens, 1900 (orig. desig.) = Psoronaias rubicunda

Nephritica Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38.
Type species: Unio poeyanus Lea, 1857 (orig. desig.) = Nephritica poeyana

Obliquata Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 52.
Type species: Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820 (orig. desig.) = Epioblasma obliquata

Ortmanniana Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 79.
Type species: Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823 (original designation) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Penita Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 93.
Type species: Unio penitus Conrad, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Epioblasma penita

Pleuronaia Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820; correct name for Pleuronia Frierson, 1927)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 58.
Type species: Unio barnesianus Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Pleuronia Frierson, 1927

(incorrect original spelling of Pleuronaia Frierson, 1927)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 10.
Type species: Unio barnesianus Lea, 1838 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Popenaias Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38.
Type species: Unio popeii Lea, 1857 (orig. desig.) = Popenaias popeii

Pseudodontoideus Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 23.
Type species: Margaritana alabamensis Lea, 1861 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Pustulosa Frierson, 1927

(new name for Bullata Frierson, 1927; intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: errata et corrigenda.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 827 [1260].
Type species: Obliquaria (Quadrula) bullata Rafinesque, 1820 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Reticulatus Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 10 [as ‘Reticulata’], 38.
Type species: Nephronaias reticulatus Simpson, 1900 (orig. desig.) = Arotonaias reticulata

Striata Frierson, 1927

(renamed Luteacarnea Frierson, 1927; homonym of O. Boettger, 1878 [Gastro.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 50.
Type species: Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820 (orig. desig.) = Obovaria subrotunda

Subtentus Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Ptychobranchus Simpson, 1900)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 65.
Type species: Unio subtentus Say, 1825 (orig. desig.) = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Torulosa Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 94.
Type species: Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820 (orig. desig.) = Epioblasma torulosa

Utterbackiana Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 17.
Type species: Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Venusta Frierson, 1927

(renamed Venustaconcha Frierson, 1927; homonym of O. Boettger, 1877 [Gastro.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 81.
Type species: Unio venustus Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Venustaconcha Frierson, 1927

(new name for Venusta Frierson, 1927)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: errata et corrigenda.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 837 [1273].
Type species: Unio venustus Lea, 1838 = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Villosa Frierson, 1927

(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 80.
Type species: Unio villosus B.H. Wright, 1898 (orig. desig.) = Villosa villosa

Attributed Nominal Species

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Pleurobema (s.s.) aldrichi Frierson, 1927 = Pleurobema taitianum

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 44, sp. 197.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 3, fig. 1.
LECTOTYPE ANSP_145246, Selma, Ala.

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Unio (Lampsilis) amphichaena Frierson, 1898 = Potamilus amphichaenus

Frierson, 1898. Nautilus 11(10): 109, pl. 1.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 87, sp. 395.
HOLOTYPE USNM_159935, Sabine R., Logansport, La.

Quadrula (Pleuronaia) analogia Frierson, 1927 = Fusconaia cor

(error for Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918)
‘Ortmann’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 60, sp. 261.

Lampsilis arkansensis Frierson, 1927 = Obovaria arkansasensis

(error for Unio arkansasensis Lea, 1862)
‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 81, sp. 355.

Unio averillii “Wright” of Authors = Villosa vibex

(error for Unio averellii B.H. Wright, 1888)
“Wright” of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 560.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 138.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 76.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 373.
R.I. Johnson, 1972. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 16(4): 237.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 159.

There are 22 available nominal species attributed to this publication (81 total).

Alasmidonta (Sulcularia) badia ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Alasminota holstonia

(misidentified reference to Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 19.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 399.

Quadrula (Fusconia [sic] beadleana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pleurobema beadleianum

(error for Unio beadleianus Lea, 1861)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 63 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
Burdick & White, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 370 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Pleurobema beadleanum’].

Unio bissellianus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Uniomerus carolinianus

(error for Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 743.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 714.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 35.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 210.

Pleurobema (Plethobasus) cicatricoideum Frierson, 1927 = Plethobasus cicatricosus

(error for Unio cicatricoides Frierson, 1911)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45, sp. 203.

Unio cistelliformis ‘Lea’ of Authors = Elliptio cistellaeformis

(error for Unio cistellaeformis Lea, 1863)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 716.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 641.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 228.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 317.
Davis et al., 1981. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 15: 135.
Davis, 1984. Malacologia 25(2): 631.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 11.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 73.

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Obliquaria reflexa conradi Frierson, 1927 = Obliquaria reflexa

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Quadrula) reflexa Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 65, sp. 290a.
LECTOTYPE ANSP_56695, Alabama R., Ala.

Margaritana curreyana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pegias fabula

(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395.

Elliptio cylindraceus Frierson, 1927 = Elliptio icterina

(new name for Unio lugubris Lea, 1838)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29, sp. 87.

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Unio detectus Frierson, 1911 = Plethobasus cicatricosus

Frierson, 1911. Nautilus 25(5): 52, pls. 2 , lower fig.; pl. 3, upper fig.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45, sp. 202.
HOLOTYPE UMMZ_81937, Ohio River.

Margaritana etowahensis ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Alasminota etowaensis

(error for Margaritana etowaensis Conrad, 1849)
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 672.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 510.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 19.

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Pleurobema (s.s.) fictum Frierson, 1927 = Pleurobema rubellum

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 43, sp. 195.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 3, figs. 2-2a.
HOLOTYPE UMMZ_80791, Cahaba River, Alabama.

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Lampsilis fimbriata Frierson, 1907 = Disconaias fimbriata

Frierson, 1907. Nautilus 21(8): 86, pl. 12, two upper figs. & lower left one.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 363.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_91161, Valles River, Mexico.

Glabaris glabrus Frierson, 1927 = Brachyanodon impura

(intro'd as syn of Anodonta impura Say, 1829)
‘Simpson’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 13.

Elliptio (Nephronaias) guatemalensis Frierson, 1927 = Nephronaias goascoranensis

(error for Unio (Elliptio) guatemalanus Martens, 1900)
‘von Martens’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 36.

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Unio (Pleurobema) hagleri Frierson, 1900 = Pleurobema rubellum

Frierson, 1900. Nautilus 13(10): 109, pl. 2.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 41, sp. 169.
LECTOTYPE ANSP_77902, North River, nr. Tynes, Ala.

Unio hanleyanus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pleurobema hanleyianum

(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184.
Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129.

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Elliptio (Nephritica) haricotti Frierson, 1927 = Nephritica haricotti

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38, sp. 150.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 3, fig. 4.
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] UMMZ_97047 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 144), Guatemala.

Unio hazelhurstianus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Parvaspina lanceolata

(error for Unio hazlehurstianus Lea, 1858)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 719 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio) hazelhurstianus’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 648.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29 [as ‘Elliptio (Elliptio) hazelhurstianus’].
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 229 [as ‘Elliptio (Elliptio) hazelhurstianus’].
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 333.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 164.

Unio hippopaeus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Amblema plicata

(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.

Unio inusitatus Lea, 1870 = Elliptio hopetonensis

(error for Unio inusitatis Lea, 1859)
‘Lea’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 51.
‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 31.

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Unio (Obovaria) jacksoniana Frierson, 1912 = Obovaria arkansasensis

Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): 23, pl. 3, figs. 1-3.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 91, sp. 412.
LECTOTYPE ANSP_106063, Pearl R., Miss.

Anodonta jewittiana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Anodontites trapesialis

(error for Anodonta jewettiana Lea, 1868)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 927.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 97.

Anodonta jewittii ‘Lea’ of Authors = Anodontites trapesialis

(error for Anodonta jewettii Lea, 1868)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 927.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 97.
‘Lea’ Haas, 1931. Senckenbergiana 13: 99.

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusteriana Frierson, 1927 = Mesonaias tampicoensis

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tampicoensis Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio tampicoënsis’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 85, sp. 383d.
TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].

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Psoronaias kuxensis Frierson, 1917 = Psoronaias guatemalensis

Frierson, 1917. Nautilus 31: 48, pl. 7, figs. 1-2.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 64, sp. 282.
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_117094, Kux Creek, Chama, Guatemala.

Quadrula lachrymosa ‘Lea’ of Authors = Quadrula quadrula

(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.

Unio leseurianus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Fusconaia subrotunda

(error for Unio lesueurianus Lea, 1840)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 251.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 56.

Anodonta linneana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pyganodon grandis

(error for Anodonta linnaeana Lea, 1852)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Hanley, 1856. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 387.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 35, sp. 144.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 646.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 431.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 14.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 364.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 206.
Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 260.

Elliptio tetralasmus manubius Frierson, 1927 = Uniomerus declivis

(misidentified reference to Unio manubius Gould, 1855)
‘Gould’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 34.

Margaron (Anodonta) marryatana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pyganodon grandis

(error for Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7] [as ‘Anodonta marryatana’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15.

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Pleurobema (s.s.) marshalli Frierson, 1927 = Pleurobema marshalli

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 43, sp. 196.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 3, fig. 3.
FIGURED SYNTYPE UMMZ_80859, Tombigbee River, Boligee, Greene Co., Alabama.

Psoronaias martensi Frierson, 1927 = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 494, pl. 31, figs. 1-2 [as ‘Unio psoricus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 64, sp. 279.
LECTOTYPE [AS TYPE] ZMB/MOLL_39466 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 146), N. Guatemala: Rio de las Salinas.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) martensi Frierson, 1927 = Nephronaias aztecorum

‘Philippi’ Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: pl. 37, figs. 1-1a [as ‘Unio aztecorum’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 364.
HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB/MOLL_220183, Misantlla, Mexico.

Lampsilis (Actinonaias) meddellina Frierson, 1927 = Actinonaias medellina

(error for Unio medellinus Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84.

Unio mellinus ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Lampsilis radiata

(error for Unio melinus Conrad, 1838)
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 72, sp. 316a.

Quadrula (Pleuronaia) meridithii ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pleuronaia barnesiana

(error for Unio meredithii Lea, 1858)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 58, sp. 253.

Unio mytilloides Frierson, 1927 = Pleurobema sintoxia

(misidentified reference to Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820; error for Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)
‘Lea, 1829’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 52.

Unio mytilloides Frierson, 1927 = Obovaria olivaria

(error for Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840; misidentified reference to Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840)
‘Swainson’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 91.

Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Cambarunio iris

(misidentified reference to Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 77, sp. 336.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 445.

Lampsilis (Disconaias) novileonensis Frierson, 1927 = Friersonia iridella

(error for Lampsilis novileonis Pilsbry, 1910)
‘Pilsbry’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83 [as ‘novi-leonensis’].

Anodonta nuttaliana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Brachyanodon nuttalliana

(error for Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 216.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 14.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 28.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 10.

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Unio (Nephronaias) ortmanni Frierson, 1913 = Nephronaias ortmanni

Frierson, 1913. Nautilus 27(2): 14, pl. 2.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 36 [as ‘E. (Nephronaias) sphenorhynchus Cr. & Fisch. 1893’].
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] ANSP_117544 (by R.I. Johnson, 1971: 90), [Conchins] Cochins R., Guatemala.

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Strophitus undulatus ovatus Frierson, 1927 = Strophitus undulatus

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 22, sp. 37e.
R.I. Johnson, 1972. Occ. Pap. Moll. 3(41): 147, pl. 22, fig. 2.
LECTOTYPE UMMZ_113533 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 147), Edwards River, Illinois.

Unio panucoensis ‘von dem Busch’ of Authors = Disconaias disca

(error for Unio panacoensis von dem Busch in Philippi, 1843)
‘von dem Busch’ of Authors.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 510, 651.
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 533.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 603.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 82.

Anodonta pennsylvanica ‘Lamarck’ of Authors = Strophitus undulatus

(error for Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819)
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Stark, 1828. Elements Nat. Hist. 2: 89.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
G.B. Sowerby II, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 79.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 618.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 40.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 22 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus-pennsylvanicus’].
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 373 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus pennsylvanicus’].

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Quadrula trapezoides var. pentagonoides Frierson, 1902 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831)
Frierson, 1902. Nautilus 16(4): 39.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 62 [as ‘A. (Plectomerus) dombeyana’].
LECTOTYPE ANSP_128928 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 147), Lake Charles, La.

Unio petrinus Frierson, 1927 = Pustulosa pustulosa

(intro'd as syn of Unio aureus Lea, 1859)
‘Call (Mss)’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 49.

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Lampsilis (Disconaias) pilsbryana Frierson, 1927 = Disconaias fimbriata

‘Say’ Frierson, 1912. Nautilus 26(2): pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘Lampsilis purpuriatus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 83, sp. 368.
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] UMMZ_91175 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 147), Valles River, Mecos, Mexico.

Unio planilateralis ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Elliptio congaraea

(error for Unio planilateris Conrad, 1838)
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 31.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 233.

Psoronaias plexoideus Frierson, 1927 = species iquirenda

(new name for Unio rusticus Sowerby, 1868)
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 64, sp. 324; errata [as ‘Unio rusticus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 63, sp. 273. [nomen dubium]
TYPE LOST BMNH_XXX, Siam.

Unio popeii of Authors = Popenaias berezai

(misidentified reference to Unio popeii Lea, 1857)
of Authors.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 605 [as ‘Unio (Graphonaias) popei’].
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504 [as ‘Unio (Nephronaias) popei’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 738 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 535. [in part]
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 271 [as ‘Elliptio’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 700 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 330 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 201 [as ‘Nephronaias (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 308 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 504 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]

Unio calamitarum var. prolongus Frierson, 1927 = Nephronaias calamitarum

(error for Unio calamitarum var. B prolongata Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
‘C. & F.’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 36.

Lampsilis propia Frierson, 1927 = Leaunio umbrans

(error for Unio proprius Lea, 1865)
‘Lea’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 75.

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Lampsilis (s.s.) rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927 = Lampsilis rafinesqueana

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 69, sp. 309.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 138, pl. 1, figs. 1-2.
SYNTYPES UMMZ_91176, Indian Creek, McDonald Co., McDonald.

Unio reevianus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Lampsilis reeveiana

(error for Unio reeveianus Lea, 1852)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 538.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 74.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 449.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 73.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 437.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 132.
Oesch, 1984. Missouri Naiades: 225.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 31.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 12.
Turgeon et al., 1998. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (26): 35.
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 305.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
Cummings & Graf, 2010. Ecol. Class. N. Amer. FW Inverts.: 376.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Lampsilis reeviana’].

Unio ridellii ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pleurobema riddellii

(error for Unio riddellii Lea, 1861)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 54.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 300.
Pfeiffer et al., 2016. Conserv. Genet. 17(2): [3].

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Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927 = Fusconaia masoni

(new name for Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866)
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198 [as ‘Unio pumilus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45.
HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?

Elliptio rugolosus Frierson, 1927 = species iquirenda

(error for Unio rugulosus Küster, 1856)
‘Küster’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 35.

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Elliptio (Nephronaias) sajensis Frierson, 1927 = Nephronaias dysonii

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 37, sp. 139.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 2, fig. 2.
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] UMMZ_108010, Rio Saja, 5 mi W Esmeralda, Guatemala.

Anodonta salmonea ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pyganodon grandis

(error for Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
G.B. Sowerby II, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 74.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 155.

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Quadrula (Fusconaia) flava sampsoniana Frierson, 1927 = Fusconaia ozarkensis

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Quadrula) flava Rafinesque, 1820)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 55, sp. 235d.
LECTOTYPE UMMZ_92226 (by R.I. Johnson, 1972: 149), Elk River, Missouri.

Anodontites schombergianus ‘Sowerby’ of Authors = Anodontites schomburgiana

(error for Anodon schomburgianus Sowerby, 1870)
‘Sowerby’ of Authors.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 97.
Martinez et al., 2004. Mem. Fund. La Salle Cienc. Nat. 159-160: 294.
Lasso et al., 2009. Biota Colombiana 10(1-2): 72.

Anodonta shafferiana ‘Lea’ of Authors = Strophitus undulatus

(error for Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 243, pl. 17, figs. 5-7.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 311.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 23.

Lampsilis (s.s.) sowerbyana Frierson, 1927 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 316 [as ‘Unio pictus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 69, sp. 308.

Unio sowerbyanus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Epioblasma haysiana

(error for Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1852. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 62.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 43.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 14, sp. 58.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 520.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 17.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 94.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 483.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 173.
R.I. Johnson, 1978. Bull. MCZ 148: 280.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 91.

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Lampsilis (Ligumia) streckeri Frierson, 1927 = Lampsilis streckeri

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 74, sp. 321.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 2, fig. 1.
HOLOTYPE UMMZ_91075, Little Red R., Arkansas.

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Strophitus undulatus tennesseensis Frierson, 1927 = Strophitus undulatus

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 22, sp. 37d.
LECTOTYPE MCZ_16690 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 138), Duck River, Shelbyville, Rockford, Co., Tennessee.

Pleurobema tombigbeanum Frierson, 1908 = Pleurobema taitianum

Frierson, 1908. Nautilus 22(3): 27, pl. 3, figs. 3-4.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42 [under P. taitianum Lea].

Fusconaia undata trigonoides Utterback, 1915 = Fusconaia flava

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio undatus Barnes, 1823)
‘Frierson, MS’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(4): 107, pl. 15, figs. 30A-D; pl. 4, figs. 9a-b.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 55, sp. 232d.

Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata utterbackiana Frierson, 1927 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)
‘Lea’ Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 183, pl. 20, fig. 57a-b [as ‘Plethobasus cooperianus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 52, sp. 224c.

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Pleurobema utterbackii Frierson in Utterback, 1915 = Fusconaia ozarkensis

Frierson in Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(5): 197, pl. 5, fig. 12a-b; pl 20, figs. 63A-D.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 57, sp. 247 [as ‘Q. (Fusconaia) utterbackii’].
HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MCZ_271448, White R., Hollister, Taney Co., Missouri.

Unio virginea Frierson, 1927 = Lampsilis radiata

(error for Unio virginana ‘Lamarck’ of Authors)
‘Lamarck’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 72.

Quadrula (Quincuncina) vittata Frierson, 1927 = Glebula rotundata

‘Lamarck’ Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 23, sp. 106 [as ‘Unio rotundatus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 50, sp. 218.

Unio whiteanus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Elliptio icterina

(error for Unio whiteianus Lea, 1852)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 28.

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Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightiana Frierson, 1927 = Villosa amygdalum

Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 81, sp. 351.
Frierson, 1928. Nautilus 41(4): 139, pl. 2, fig. 3.
SYNTYPE UMMZ_91179, Volusia Co., Fla.

Unio zonata ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Obovaria subrotunda

(error for Unio (Aximedia) zonalis Rafinesque, 1820)
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 744.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 731.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 90.

Taxonomic Opinions

632 species (and/or subspecies) were recognized as valid in this publication (1486 total species taxonomic opinions).