MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Lampsilis cariosa
nominal species Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis cariosa
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152, fig. 7.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9, var. b. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) radiata (Gmelin, 1791) — Simpson, 1914: 64.
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) radiatus Gmelin — Simpson, 1900: 535.
+ Margaron (Unio) radiatus (Lam.) — Lea, 1870: 44.
+ Margaron (Unio) radiatus (Lam.) — Lea, 1852: 29.
+ Unio radiatus — De Kay, 1843: 189.
+ Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Say, 1819: sp. 5 [18].
+ Unio cariosus Say, 1817 — Say, 1817: sp. 4 [18].
+ Mya radiata Linne — Schreibers, 1793: 5.
+ Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 — Gmelin, 1791: 3220.
