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Publication Henderson (1935): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Henderson, J. 1935. Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 3: 1-313. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amnigenia catskillensis (Vanuxem)
+ Cypricardites angustatus Lesley, 1889

Anodonta abyssina Morton
+ Anodonta hildrethi White, 1893

Anodonta argillensis Russell

Anodonta arnoldi Weaver & Palmer

Anodonta athlios (Mayer)

Anodonta cornelliana Maury = Elliptio cornelliana

Anodonta corpulenta = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta corpulentoides Lea, 1868

Anodonta decurtata Conrad

Anodonta dejecta Lewis = Anodonta californiensis
+ Arnoldina dejecta Hannibal, 1912

Anodonta grandis = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta grandioides Lea, 1868

Anodonta kettlemanensis Arnold
+ Anodonta decurtata Cooper, 1894
+ Anodonta nuttalliana Cooper, 1894

Anodonta macconnelli Russell = Strophitus macconnelli

Anodonta malheurensis Henderson & Rodeck = Anodonta malhuerensis

Anodonta nitida Nomland

Anodonta nuttalliana lignitica J.G. Cooper = Anodonta impura

Anodonta parallela White

Anodonta propatoris White = Strophitus propatoris

Anodonta wahlametensis [sic] Lea = Anodonta nuttalliana
+ Anodonta wahlametensis Simpson, 1900

Antediplodon dewittensis Marshall

Antediplodon dockumensis (Simpson)

Antediplodon dumblei (Simpson)

Antediplodon graciliratus (Simpson)

Anthracomya arenacea (Dawson) = Anthraconaia arenacea

Anthracomya elongata (Dawson) = Anthraconaia elongata

Anthracomya laevis (Dawson) = Anthraconaia laevis

Anthracomya obtusa Dawson = Anthraconaia obtusa
+ Anthracomya obtenta Dawson, 1894

Anthracomya ovalis (Dawson) = Anthraconaia ovalis

Asthenodonta westoni Whiteaves

Bisulcus undulatus Hitchcock

Carbonicola angulata (Dawson)

Carbonicola bradorica (Dawson)

Diplodon borealis Pilsbry = Antediplodon borealis

Diplodon carolus-simpsoni Pilsbry = Antediplodon carolussimpsoni

Diplodon gregoryi Reeside = Antediplodon gregoryi

Diplodon haroldi Reeside = Archiparreysia haroldi

Diplodon pennsylvanicus Pilsbry = Antediplodon pennsylvanicus

Diplodon wanneri Pilsbry = Antediplodon wanneri

Diplodon yorkensis Pilsbry = Antediplodon yorkensis

Elliptio silberlingi Russell

Eonaias reynosenica Marshall

Gonidea angulata (Lea)

Gonidea coalingensis coalingensis Arnold = Gonidea angulata

Gonidea coalingensis cooperi Arnold = Gonidea angulata
+ Margaritana subangulata Cooper, 1894

Gonidea hemphilli Hannibal

Lampsilis chadronensis Mansfield

Margaritifera herrei (Hannibal)

Margaritifera margaritifera falcata (Gould) = Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera nebrascensis (Meek) = Amblema nebrascensis
+ Margaritana nebraskensis Logan, 1897

Margaritifera onariotis (Mayer)

Murraia naiadiformis Russell

Mycetopoda diliculi [sic] Pilsbry = Mycetopoda diluculi

Naiadites carbonarius Dawson

Naiadites fragilis (Meek & Worthen)

Naiadites longus Dawson

Naiadites mytiloides Dawson

Naiadites ohiense Morningstar

Naiadites polita White

Naiadites triassicus Pilsbry

Naiadites wanneri Pilsbry

Pliconaias popenoei Marshall

Prisconaia ventricosa Conrad

Proparreysia barnumi (Pilsbry)
+ Unio browni Whitfield, 1903

Proparreysia holmesiana (White)

Proparreysia letsoni (Whitfield)

Proparreysia percorrugata (Whitfield)

Proparreysia pyramidatoides (Whitfield)

Proparreysia retusoides (Whitfield)

Proparreysia verrucosiformis (Whitfield)

Trisulcus laqueatus Hitchcock

Unio aesopiformis Whitfield = Plethobasus aesopiformis

Unio albertensis Whiteaves = Elliptio albertensis

Unio aldrichi White = Rhabdotophorus aldrichi

Unio alixus Dall = Pleurobema alixus

Unio amarillensis Stanton = Fusconaia amarillensis

Unio anodontoides = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio preanodontoides Whitfield, 1885

Unio arizonensis Henderson = Plesielliptio arizonensis

Unio baileyi Logan

Unio barbouri White = Ligumia barbouri

Unio baueri Stanton = Amblema baueri

Unio belliplicatus Meek = Protamblema belliplicatus

Unio biesopoides Whitfield = Plethobasus biesopoides

Unio biornatus Russell = Protelliptio biornatus

Unio brachyopisthus White = Fusconaia brachyopistha
+ Unio brachiopisthus White, 1877

Unio brimhallensis Stanton = Lampsilis brimhallensis

Unio caloosaensis Dall = Elliptio jayensis

Unio cariosus = Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio carriosoides Lea, 1868

Unio clinopisthus White = Elliptio clinopistha

Unio condoni White = Margaritifera condoni

Unio consuetus Whiteaves = Ligumia consueta

Unio corbiculoides Whitfield = Proparreysia corbiculoides

Unio couesi White = Ligumia couesi
+ Unio petrinus White, 1876

Unio cretacollis Maury = Amblema cretacollis

Unio cristonensis Meek = Antediplodon cristonensis

Unio cryptorhynchus White = Pleurobema cryptorhynchus

Unio cylindricoides Whitfield = Quadrula cylindricoides

Unio danai Meek & Hayden = Fusconaia danai
+ Unio deweyanus Meek & Hayden, 1857
+ Unio danae Meek & Hayden, 1860

Unio dawsoni Russell = Fusconaia dawsoni

Unio didymictidis Cockerell = Actinonaias didymictidis

Unio douglassi Stanton = Protelliptio douglassi

Unio dowlingi McLearn = Pleurobema dowlingi

Unio edwardsi Conrad

Unio emersoni Troxell

Unio endlichi White = Margaritifera endlichi

Unio eomargaron Cockerell = Elliptio eomargaron

Unio farri Stanton = Ligumia farri

Unio felchii White = Elliptio felchii

Unio gallinensis Meek = Antediplodon gallinensis

Unio gardneri Stanton = Pustulosa gardneri

Unio goniambonatus White = Amblema goniambonatus

Unio gonionotus White = Amblema gonionotus
+ Unio gonibonatus Boyle, 1893

Unio grangeri Cockerell = Lampsilis grangeri

Unio hamili McLearn = Protelliptio hamili

Unio haydeni Meek = Elliptio haydeni

Unio hubbardii Gabb = Elliptio hubbardii

Unio humerosus = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio humerosoides Lea, 1868

Unio iridoides White

Unio knightii Logan

Unio lapilloides White

Unio leanus Meek

Unio ligamentinus = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio ligamentinoides Lea, 1868

Unio macropisthus White

Unio martini (d’Orb.) Eichwald

Unio mendax White = Actinonaias mendax
+ Unio vetustus White, 1877

Unio musius Dall

Unio nanaimoensis Whiteaves = Elliptio nanaimoensis

Unio nasutus = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio nasutoides Lea, 1868

Unio neomexicanus Stanton = Pleuronaia neomexicana

Unio nucalis Meek & Hayden

Unio orthonotus Conrad

Unio patapscoensis Clark

Unio penultimus Gabb

Unio petrosus Morton

Unio postbiplicatus Whitfield = Plesielliptio postbiplicatus

Unio primaevus White = Quadrula primaevus

Unio primigenius Conrad

Unio priscus abbreviatus Stanton & Hatcher = Plesielliptio abbreviatus

Unio priscus priscus Meek & Hayden = Plesielliptio priscus

Unio proavitus White = Pleurobema proavitus

Unio propheticus White = Pleurobema propheticus

Unio pyramidellus Whitfield = Proparreysia pyramidella

Unio radiatus = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio radiatoides Lea, 1868

Unio rectus = Ligumia recta
+ Unio rectoides Whitfield, 1885

Unio reesidei Stanton = Amblema reesidei

Unio roanokensis = Elliptio roanokensis
+ Unio roanokoides Lea, 1868

Unio sandrius Dall = Lampsilis sandrius

Unio saxulum Morton

Unio senectus White = Medionidus senectus

Unio senectus declivis (Russell) = Rhabdotophorus declivis

Unio shoshonensis White = Actinonaias shoshonensis

Unio sinopae Cockerell = Margaritifera sinopae

Unio stantoni White = Plesielliptio stantoni
+ Unio danae White, 1877
+ Unio gibbosoides Whitfield, 1907

Unio stewardi White = Pleurobema stewardi

Unio subplanatus Simpson = Antediplodon subplanatus

Unio subrotundus = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio subrotundoides Lea, 1868

Unio subspatulatus Meek & Hayden = Ptychobranchus subspatulatus

Unio subtrigonalis Whitfield

Unio supenawensis Stanton & Hatcher

Unio supragibbosus Whiteaves = Elliptio supragibbosa

Unio tellinoides (Hall) = Ligumia tellinoides

Unio terrae-rubrae Meek = Antediplodon terraerubrae

Unio terranus Morton

Unio thomasi Henderson = Antediplodon thomasi

Unio torreyensis Hanna

Unio toxonotus White = Lampsilis toxonotus

Unio transpacifica Arnold & Hannibal

Unio tuchiasanus Russell = Fusconaia tuchiasanus

Unio tumulatus Morton

Unio tyrrelli Russell = Epioblasma tyrrelli

Unio vetustus Meek = Plesielliptio vetustus

Unio wasatchensis Cockerell = Potamilus wasatchensis

Unio washakiensis Meek = Elliptio washakiensis

Unio whitei Henderson = Ligumia whitei
+ Unio rectoides White, 1886

Unio wilbrahamensis (Emerson)

Unio willistoni Logan