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

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Publication Oesch (1984): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Oesch, R.D. 1984. Missouri Naiades: A Guide to the Mussels of Missouri. 270 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina carinata (Barnes, 1823) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 = Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Alasmidonta viridis Rafinesque, 1820 = Pressodonta viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823

Anodonta grandis corpulenta Cooper, 1834 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)
+ Anodonta buchanensis Lea, 1838

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Corbicula fulminea [sic] Müller, 1774 = Corbicula fluminea

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)
+ Unio lamarckianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio popenoi Call, 1885

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Elliptio crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819) = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823

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

Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831
+ Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820

Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Fusconaia subrotunda

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth, 1828) = Obovaria subrotunda

Lampsilis radiata luteola (Lamarck, 1819) = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis radiata luteola (Lamarck, 1819) = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brevicula (Call, 1887) = Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brittsi Simpson, 1900 = Lampsilis brittsi

Lampsilis reeviana reeviana [sic] (Lea, 1852) = Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis teres anodontoides (Rafinesque, 1820) [sic] = Lampsilis teres

Lampsilis teres teres (Smith, 1899) [sic] = Lampsilis teres
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823

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

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

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

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823

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

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Plagiola curtisi (Utterback, 1916) = Epioblasma curtisii

Plagiola triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma triquetra

Plectomerus dombeyana (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 dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Potamilus ohioensis [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus ohiensis
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)
+ Ptychobranchus clintonensis Simpson, 1900

Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

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

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

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

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

Toxolasma lividus glans (Lea, 1831) = Toxolasma lividum

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum

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

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

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830)
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
+ Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii (Marsh, 1891) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio venustus Lea, 1838
+ Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii (Marsh, 1891) = Venustaconcha pleasii

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii (Marsh, 1891) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris
+ Unio creperus Lea, 1838
+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838
+ Unio radiatus De Kay, 1843

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