MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 17 July 2025

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!


Publication MacNeil (1935): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

MacNeil, F.S. 1935. Fresh-water mollusks from the Catahoula Sandstone (Miocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 9: 10-17. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera
Attributed Nominal Species

Arkansia macneili Modell, 1957
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 15, pl. 5, fig. 5 [as ‘Unidentified fragments probably related to the Quadrula group’].
Modell, 1957. Arch. Moll. 86: 191.

Costanaia arciformis MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 13, pl. 3, figs. 3-12; pl. 5, figs. 14-15.

Lampsilis bowlingi MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 17, pl. 5, figs. 12-13.

Lampsilis marshalli MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: ??.

Loxopleurus belliplicatus MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: pl. 4, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio belliplicatus Meek, 1870; renamed Protamblema belliplicata macneili Modell, 1957)

Megalonoidea porcata MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 14, pl. 4, figs. 2, 5-6.

Megalonoidea rugicosta MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935. Jour. Paleont. 9: 15, pl. 4, fig. 3; pl. 5, figs. 3-4.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema costata Rafinesque = Amblema plicata

Costanaia arciformis n. sp.

Elliptio cornelliana (Maury, 1902)

Lampsilis bowlingi n. sp. = Ligumia bowlingi

Lampsilis marshalli n. sp.

Loxopleurus belliplicatus Meek = Protamblema belliplicatus

Megalonoidea porcata n. sp. = Amblema porcata

Megalonoidea rugicosta n. sp. = Amblema rugicosta

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."