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Publication Clench & Turner (1956): taxonomic opinions

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Clench, W.J. & R.D. Turner. 1956. Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 1: 97-239. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858)
+ Strophitus wrightianus Walker, 1901

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858) = Alasmidonta wrightiana

Anodonta cowperiana Lea, 1840 = Utterbackiana couperiana
+ Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta dunlapiana Lea, 1842

Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 = Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858

Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 = Pyganodon gibbosa

Anodonta hallenbecki Lea, 1858 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta gesnerii Lea, 1858

Anodonta hallenbecki Lea, 1858 = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Anodonta imbecilis [sic] Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodontoides elliottii (Lea, 1858) = Strophitus radiatus

Carunculina paula (Lea, 1840) = Toxolasma paulum
+ Unio minor Lea, 1843
+ Unio cromwellii Lea, 1865
+ Unio marginis Lea, 1865
+ Unio stearnsii B.H. Wright, 1888

Crenodonta boykiniana (Lea, 1840) = Megalonaias nervosa

Crenodonta neislerii (Lea, 1858) = Amblema neislerii

Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker, 1905)

Elliptio crassidens incrassatus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio danielsii B.H. Wright, 1899

Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner, 1956

Elliptio sloatianus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptoideus sloatianus
+ Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849
+ Unio aratus Conrad, 1849
+ Unio plectrophorus Conrad, 1849

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio fraterna
+ Unio tortivus Lea, 1840
+ Unio occultus Lea, 1843
+ Unio fraternus Lea, 1852
+ Unio nigellus Lea, 1852
+ Unio pullatis Lea, 1857
+ Unio pullatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio extensus Lea, 1857
+ Unio sublatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio tetricus Lea, 1857
+ Unio fumatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio purpurellus Lea, 1857
+ Unio aquilus Lea, 1857
+ Unio postellii Lea, 1858
+ Unio viridans Lea, 1859
+ Unio viridiradiatus Lea, 1859
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Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio occulta

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio nigella

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio purpurella

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio arctata

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio fumata

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio pullata

Elliptio strigosus (Lea, 1840) = Elliptio complanata

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

Fusconaia succissus (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa
+ Unio cacao Lea, 1859
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) wrightii Simpson, 1914

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834
+ Unio grandensis Conrad, 1855
+ Unio granadensis Simpson, 1900

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819) = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Lampsilis anodontoides floridensis (Lea, 1852) = Lampsilis floridensis

Lampsilis australis Simpson, 1900 = Hamiota australis
+ Lampsilis jonesi van der Schalie, 1934

Lampsilis australis Simpson, 1900 = Ptychobranchus jonesi

Lampsilis claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio obtusus Lea, 1840
+ Unio pallescens Lea, 1845
+ Unio oratus Conrad, 1849

Lampsilis claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis excavatus (Lea, 1857) = Lampsilis ornata
+ Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835
+ Unio lineatus Lea, 1840
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) binominatus Simpson, 1900
+ Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866

Lampsilis excavatus (Lea, 1857) = Lampsilis binominata

Lampsilis subangulatus (Lea, 1840) = Hamiota subangulata
+ Unio kirklandianus S.H. Wright, 1897

Margaritana hembeli (Conrad, 1838) = Margaritifera hembeli

Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio walkeri B.H. Wright, 1897
+ Unio kingii B.H. Wright, 1900
+ Medionidus simpsonianus Walker, 1905

Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857) = Medionidus walkeri

Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857) = Medionidus simpsonianus

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio striatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio modicus Lea, 1857
+ Unio bulbosus Lea, 1857
+ Unio amabilis Lea, 1865
+ Unio reclusus B.H. Wright, 1898
+ Unio harperi B.H. Wright, 1899
+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, B.H., 1898)
+ Pleurobema patsaligensis Simpson, 1900

Quincuncina burkei Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922 = Fusconaia burkei

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa kleiniana
+ Unio securiformis Conrad, 1849
+ Unio kleinianus Lea, 1852

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata

Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) = Uniomerus tetralasmus
+ Unio blandingianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio declivis Say, 1831
+ Unio paludicolus Gould, 1845
+ Unio ineptus Lea, 1852
+ Unio hebes Lea, 1852
+ Unio rivularis Conrad, 1853
+ Unio columbensis Lea, 1857
+ Unio cicur Lea, 1861
+ Unio squalidus Lea, 1863
+ Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867
+ Unio jewettii Lea, 1867
+ Unio rivicolus Conrad, 1868
+ Unio pawensis Lea, 1868

Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) = Uniomerus declivis

Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) = Uniomerus columbensis

Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) = Uniomerus carolinianus

Villosa lienosus (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio gouldii Lea, 1845
+ Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852
+ Unio proximus Lea, 1852
+ Unio concestator Lea, 1857
+ Unio apicinus Lea, 1857
+ Unio fallax Lea, 1857
+ Unio intercedens Lea, 1857
+ Unio linguaeformis Lea, 1860
+ Unio porphyreus Lea, 1861
+ Unio fontanus Conrad, 1866
+ Unio genuinus Lea, 1868
+ Unio unicostatus B.H. Wright, 1899

Villosa lienosus (Conrad, 1834) = Villosa delumbis

Villosa lienosus (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio umbrans

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio exiguus Lea, 1840
+ Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio nigrinus Lea, 1852
+ Unio rutilans Lea, 1857
+ Unio subellipsis Lea, 1857
+ Unio sudus Lea, 1857
+ Unio dispar Lea, 1860

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa vibex amygdalum (Lea, 1843) = Villosa vibex
+ Unio trosculus Lea, 1843
+ Unio trossulus Lea, 1843
+ Unio papyraceus Gould, 1845
+ Unio lepidus Gould, 1856
+ Unio vesicularis Lea, 1872
+ Unio averellii B.H. Wright, 1888
+ Unio singleyanus Marsh, 1891
+ Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightiana Frierson, 1927

Villosa vibex amygdalum (Lea, 1843) = Villosa amygdalum

Villosa villosa (Wright, B.H., 1898)

 
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