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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Howells et al. (1996): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Howells, R.G., R.W. Neck & H.D. Murray. 1996. Freshwater Mussels of Texas. 218 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata (Say, 1819)
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841
+ Unio latecostatus Lea, 1845

Anodonta grandis Say, 1829 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858
+ Anodonta corpulenta Cooper, 1834
+ Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta bealei Lea, 1863
+ Anodonta lugubris Say, 1829
+ Anodonta texasensis Lea, 1859
+ Anodonta leonensis Lea, 1862
+ Anodonta virens Lea, 1852

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis
+ Anodon horda Gould, 1855

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 = Arcidens wheeleri

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) = Mesonaias tampicoensis
+ Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857
+ Unio heermannii Lea, 1861
+ Cyrtonaias grandensis Metcalf, 1982

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) = Cyrtonaias berlandierii

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio arctior Lea, 1838

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831
+ Unio cerinus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio chunii Lea, 1861

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) = Fusconaia cerina

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) = Fusconaia chunii

Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1901)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834

Lampsilis bracteata (Gould, 1855)
+ Unio rowellii Strecker, 1931

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio approximus Lea, 1845

Lampsilis satura (Lea, 1853)

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Pterosyna complanata

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio dolosus Lea, 1860

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868
+ Unio rutersvillensis Lea, 1859

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Amblema plicata
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio eightsii Lea, 1860

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823

Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912) = Obovaria arkansasensis
+ Unio castaneus Lea, 1831

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827) = Elliptoideus sloatianus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831
+ Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio sloatianus Lea, 1840

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Pleurobema riddellii (Lea, 1862)
+ Unio friersoni B.H. Wright, 1896

Popenaias popei (Lea, 1857) = Nephronaias ravistella
+ Unio veraepacis Tristram, 1863

Popenaias popei (Lea, 1857) = Popenaias popeii

Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)

Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829
+ Anodonta ohioensis Agassiz, 1852

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio coloradoensis Lea, 1856

Potamilus salinasensis (Simpson, 1908) = Disconaias fimbriata
+ Lampsilis fimbriata Frierson, 1907

Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula aurea (Lea, 1859) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860)

Quadrula houstonensis (Lea, 1859) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1836) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio sphaericus Lea, 1868
+ Unio turgidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio nodiferus Conrad, 1841

Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Quadrula petrina (Gould, 1855) = Pustulosa petrina
+ Unio bollii Call, 1881

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio nodulosus Say, 1834
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio kienerianus Lea, 1852

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa kieneriana

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
+ Unio forsheyi Lea, 1859
+ Unio fragosus Conrad, 1835
+ Unio nobilis Conrad, 1854

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula fragosa

Quincuncina mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1896)
+ Unio taumilapanus Conrad, 1855
+ Unio tamaulipasensis Fischer & Crosse, 1894
+ Unio iheringi B.H. Wright, 1898
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) mitchelli var. elongatus Simpson, 1914
+ Quincuncina guadalupensis Wurtz, 1950

Quincuncina mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1896) = Fusconaia mitchelli

Quincuncina mitchelli (Simpson in Dall, 1896) = Fusconaia iheringi

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822
+ Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823)
+ Unio haleianus Lea, 1842
+ Lampsilis carunculus of Authors, unknown year

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Leaunio lienosus

Toxolasma texasensis (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense
+ Lampsilis mearnsi Simpson, 1900

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio verrucosus Say, 1834

Truncilla cognata (Lea, 1860)

Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828)
+ Unio zigzag Lea, 1829

Truncilla macrodon (Lea, 1859)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)
+ Elliptio tetralasmus manubius Frierson, 1927

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
+ Unio jamesianus Lea, 1857
+ Unio symmetricus Lea, 1845
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839

Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio fontanus Conrad, 1866
+ Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852
+ Unio concestator Lea, 1857