MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Utterbackia imbecillis
nominal species Anodonta ohiensis ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors
Anodonta ohiensis ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors = Utterbackia imbecillis
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(6): 260, pl. 23, figs. 74a-b.
Ortmann, 1919. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8(1): 162, pl. 11, fig. 4.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 832 [1267].
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 84.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829) — Watters et al., 2009
+ Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829) — Parmalee & Bogan, 1998
+ Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829) — Vidrine, 1993
+ Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 — R.I. Johnson, 1980
+ Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829) — F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 — Ortmann & Walker, 1922
