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

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Publication Vidrine (1993): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Vidrine, M.F. 1993. The Historical Distributions of Freshwater Mussels in Louisiana. 255 pp., 20 pl.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbus Simpson, 1900
+ Unio pinguis Lea, 1857

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
+ Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841
+ Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) = Megalonaias nervosa

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) = Strophitus radiatus

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Corbicula fluminea (Muller)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas)

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

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio subgibbosus Lea, 1857

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Elliptio arca

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896)
+ Quadrula lananensis Frierson, 1901

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896) = Fusconaia lananensis

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus
+ Amblema antrosa Rafinesque, 1820

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio chunii Lea, 1861
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) = Fusconaia chunii

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio suborbiculata Lamarck, 1819

Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831)
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828

Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831) = Obovaria subrotunda

Lampsilis cardium (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio approximus Lea, 1845
+ Unio obtusus Lea, 1840

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)
+ Unio excavatus Lea, 1857

Lampsilis satura (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823) = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

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

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Lasmigona alabamensis
+ Lasmigona (Lasmigona) complanata alabamensis Clarke, 1985

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

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

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

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

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

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio circulus Lea, 1829

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827) = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831

Pleurobema beadleanum [sic] (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema beadleianum

Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1840) = Epioblasma obliquata
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneus Conrad, 1838

Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1840) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema riddelli (Lea, 1861) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio houstonensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio friersoni B.H. Wright, 1896

Pleurobema riddelli (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema riddellii

Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)

Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)
+ Unio globulus Featherman, 1872

Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831)

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

Potamilus purpurata (Lamarck, 1819) = Potamilus purpuratus

Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta corpulenta Cooper, 1834
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852

Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio nobilis Conrad, 1854

Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula mortoni (Conrad, 1835) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio turgidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio sphaericus Lea, 1868
+ Unio nodiferus Conrad, 1841

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

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio schoolcraftii Lea, 1870

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
+ Unio asper Lea, 1831
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
+ Quadrula fragosa Scammon, 1906

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula fragosa

Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) = Amblema plicata
+ Anodonta tetragona Lea, 1845
+ Unio plicatus Küster, 1856

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum
+ Lampsilis (Carunculina) texasensis var. compressus Simpson, 1900
+ Lampsilis mearnsi Simpson, 1900

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma texasiense

Toxolasma texasensis [sic] (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense
+ Unio bairdianus Lea, 1857
+ Unio bealei Lea, 1862

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa

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

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Uniomerus declivus [sic] (Say, 1831) = Uniomerus declivis

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

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta ohiensis Utterback, 1915

Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852
+ Unio haleianus Lea, 1842

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)