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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication R.I. Johnson (1998): summary
publication summary Complete CitationJohnson, R.I. 1998. A new mussel, Potamilus metnecktayi (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the Rio Grande system, Mexico and Texas with notes on Mexican Disconaias. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 5(76): 427-455. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesPotamilus metnecktayi R.I. Johnson, 1998
 R.I. Johnson, 1998. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(76): 429, pl. 22, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_255018, Rio Salado, 45 mi S Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. | |
Unio heermanii B.H. Wright, 1888
‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 322.
R.I. Johnson, 1998. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(76): 448.
R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 27.
(error for Unio heermannii Lea, 1861) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsActinonaias walkeri Baker, 1922 = Disconaias fimbriata Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857
+ Unio heermannii Lea, 1861
+ Unio saladoensis Lea, 1860 Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843
+ Unio mexicanus Sowerby, 1867
+ Unio lapidosus Kobelt, 1893
+ Unio (Lampsilis) discus var. connectens Martens, 1900
+ Lampsilis fimbriata Frierson, 1907
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) salinasensis Dall, 1908 Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) = Disconaias panacoensis Disconaias disca (Lea, 1838) = Disconaias fimbriata Lampsilis explicata (Morelet, 1849) = Cyrtonaias explicata
+ Unio explicatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894
+ Lampsilis (Proptera) lividus Simpson, 1900 Potamilus metnecktayi new species Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio coloradoensis Lea, 1856
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