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

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Publication Williams et al. (2008): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Williams, J.D., A.E. Bogan & J.T. Garner. 2008. Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. 908 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata var. alternata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata var. cuprea Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio (Elliptio) fasciata var. nigrofasciata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Obliquaria (Sintoxia) calendis Rafinesque, 1831
+ Mya gravis Wood, 1828
+ Unio pinguis Lea, 1857
+ Unio upsonii Marsh, 1887
+ Lampsilis (sec. Eurynia) ligamentina var. gibbus Simpson, 1900
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) ligamentina var. nigrescens Simpson, 1914
+ Actinonaias carinata orbis Morrison, 1942

Actinonaias pectorosa (Conrad, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa
+ Unio perdix Lea, 1834
+ Unio biangularis Lea, 1840
+ Unio biangulatus Lea, 1840

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828
+ Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831
+ Alasmodonta truncata Lea, 1836
+ Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata susquehannae Ortmann, 1919
+ Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata variabilis F.C. Baker, 1928

Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn, 1964

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858)

Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pressodonta viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
+ Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840
+ Margaritana minor Lea, 1845
+ Unio diversus Conrad, 1856
+ Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus danielsi F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus magnalacustris F.C. Baker, 1928

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)

Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio perplicatus Conrad, 1841
+ Unio atrocostatus Lea, 1845
+ Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845
+ Unio latecostatus Lea, 1845
+ Unio pearlensis Conrad, 1855
+ Unio brazosensis Lea, 1868
+ Unio lincecumii Lea, 1868
+ Unio pauciplicatus Lea, 1872
+ Unio quintardii Cragin, 1887
+ Unio pilsbryi Marsh, 1891
+ Cokeria southalli Marshall, 1916

Anodonta heardi Gordon & Hoeh, 1995 = Utterbackiana heardi

Anodonta sp. = Utterbackiana hartfieldorum

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata
+ Anodonta (Nayadina) venusta de Gregorio, 1914

Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) = Strophitus radiatus
+ Margaritana elliottii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana elliptica Lea, 1859
+ Anodonta showalterii Lea, 1860

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)
+ Arcidens confragosa jacintoensis Strecker, 1931

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)
+ Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio verrucosus purpureus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio graniferus Lea, 1838
+ Quadrula (sec. Rotundaria) granifera var. pusilla Simpson, 1900
+ Quadrula (Cyclonaias) tuberculata utterbackiana Frierson, 1927

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Obovaria stegaria var. tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828
+ Unio verrucosus albus Hildreth, 1828
+ Cyprogenia irrorata var. pusilla Simpson, 1900

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio caperatus Lea, 1845
+ Unio abacoides Haldeman, 1846

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829
+ Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio luridus Lea, 1852
+ Unio subgibbosus Lea, 1857
+ Unio rufus Lea, 1857

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio strigosus Lea, 1840
+ Unio tortivus Lea, 1840
+ Unio viridans Lea, 1859

Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker, 1905)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra var. fusca Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra var. maculata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
+ Obliquaria (Aximedia) venus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio incrassatus Lea, 1840

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio mucronatus Barnes, 1823
+ Obliquaria violacea Rafinesque, 1831
+ Obliquaria bicolor Rafinesque, 1831
+ Bariosta fulvus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio arctior Lea, 1838
+ Unio stonensis Lea, 1840
+ Unio gibbosus var. armathwaitensis B.H. Wright, 1898
+ Unio (sec. Elliptio) gibbosus var. delicatus Simpson, 1900
+ Unio propeverutus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Elliptio dilatata var. sterkii Grier, 1918

Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852)

Elliptio fumata (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio subniger Lea, 1857
+ Unio hallenbeckii Lea, 1859
+ Unio quadratus Lea, 1859
+ Unio basalis Lea, 1872
+ Unio gesnerii Lea, 1874
+ Unio invenustus Lea, 1874

Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner, 1956

Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1852)
+ Unio denigratus Lea, 1857

Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856) = Elliptio fumata
+ Unio pullatis Lea, 1856
+ Unio sublatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio tetricus Lea, 1857
+ Unio aquilus Lea, 1857
+ Unio roswellensis Lea, 1858
+ Unio viridiradiatus Lea, 1859
+ Unio salebrosus Lea, 1859
+ Unio verutus Lea, 1859
+ Unio mercerii Lea, 1862
+ Unio corneus Lea, 1874
+ Unio dooleyensis Lea, 1874
+ Unio singularis B.H. Wright, 1899

Elliptio pullata (Lea, 1856)

Elliptio purpurella (Lea, 1857)

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)
+ Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio plectrophorus Conrad, 1849
+ Unio plectophorus Conrad, 1849
+ Unio aratus Conrad, 1849

Epioblasma arcaeformis (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio nexus Say, 1831

Epioblasma biemarginata (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831)

Epioblasma capsaeformis (Lea, 1834)

Epioblasma cincinnatiensis (Lea, 1840)

Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828

Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857) = Epioblasma walkeri
+ Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
+ Unio sacculus Reeve, 1864
+ Truncilla walkeri Wilson & Clark, 1914
+ Truncilla curtisii Utterback, 1916

Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma florentina (Lea, 1857) = Epioblasma curtisii

Epioblasma haysiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834

Epioblasma lenior (Lea, 1842)
+ Unio lenis Lea, 1840

Epioblasma lewisii (Walker, 1910)

Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1838)
+ Unio compactus Lea, 1859

Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma perobliqua
+ Unio ridibundus Say, 1829
+ Unio perplexus Say, 1829
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio flagellatus Say, 1830
+ Unio gibbosus var. perobliquus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854
+ Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicata Simpson, 1900
+ Unio propesulcatus de Gregorio, 1914

Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma othcaloogensis (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio modicellus Lea, 1859

Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)

Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)
+ Unio pileus Lea, 1831
+ Unio capillaris Lea, 1834

Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma sp. cf. capsaeformis = Epioblasma ahlstedti

Epioblasma stewardsonii (Lea, 1852)

Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Amblema gibbosa var. difformis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Amblema gibbosa var. olivacea Rafinesque, 1820
+ Amblema gibbosa var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Amblema torulosa var. angulata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
+ Unio rangianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio gubernaculum Reeve, 1865

Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma gubernaculum

Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio cuneatus Swainson, 1823
+ Unio formosus Lea, 1831
+ Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio triangularis var. longiusculus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio triangularis var. pergibosus de Gregorio, 1914

Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858)
+ Unio deviatus Reeve, 1864
+ Truncilla lefevrei Utterback, 1916

Fusconaia apalachicola Williams & Fradkin, 1999 = Reginaia apalachicola

Fusconaia burkei (Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)
+ Unio glandaceus Lea, 1861
+ Unio negatus Lea, 1861
+ Unio rubidus Lea, 1861
+ Quadrula rubidula Frierson, 1905
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) castanea Simpson, 1914

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio edgarianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio obuncus Lea, 1871
+ Unio andersonensis Lea, 1872
+ Fusconaia cor var. analoga Ortmann, 1918

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)
+ Unio appressus Lea, 1871
+ Unio tuscumbiensis Lea, 1871
+ Unio flavidus Lea, 1872

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

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia masoni
+ Unio subplanus Conrad, 1837

Fusconaia rotulata (Wright, 1899) = Reginaia rotulata

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)
+ Obliquaria (Rotundaria) subrotunda var. maculata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio personatus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio pilaris Lea, 1840
+ Unio lesueurianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio globatus Lea, 1871
+ Unio bursapastoris B.H. Wright, 1896
+ Quadrula flexuosa Simpson, 1900
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) kirtlandiana var. minor Simpson, 1900
+ Quadrula andrewsii Marsh, 1902
+ Quadrula andrewsae Marsh, 1902
+ Quadrula beauchampii Marsh, 1902
+ Fusconaja [sic] subrotunda leucogona Ortmann, 1913

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

Hamiota altilis (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio clarkianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio gerhardtii Lea, 1862

Hamiota australis (Simpson, 1900)

Hamiota perovalis (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio placitus Lea, 1852
+ Unio spillmanii Lea, 1861

Hamiota subangulata (Lea, 1840)
+ Unio kirklandianus S.H. Wright, 1897

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
+ Unio oriens Lea, 1831
+ Odatelia radiata Rafinesque, 1832
+ Unio hildrethi Delessert, 1841
+ Unio (Sayunio) dehiscens var. oriensopsis de Gregorio, 1914

Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831)
+ Toxolasma cyclips Rafinesque, 1831

Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900
+ Unio lineatus Lea, 1840

Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio perradiatus Lea, 1858

Lampsilis floridensis (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)
+ Unio excavatus Lea, 1857
+ Unio doliaris Lea, 1865

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835) = Hamiota altilis

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio claibornensis Lea, 1838
+ Unio obtusus Lea, 1840
+ Unio pallescens Lea, 1845
+ Unio contrarius Conrad, 1849
+ Unio perpastus Lea, 1861

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

Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858)

Lasmigona alabamensis Clarke, 1985

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)
+ Unio gigas Swainson, 1824
+ Unio katherinae Lea, 1838

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823
+ Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831
+ Lasmigona costata var. ereganensis Grier, 1918
+ Lasmigona costata pepinensis F.C. Baker, 1928
+ Lasmigona costata nuda F.C. Baker, 1928

Lasmigona etowaensis (Conrad, 1849) = Alasminota etowaensis
+ Margaritana etowahensis Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana georgiana Lea, 1859

Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) = Alasminota holstonia
+ Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831
+ Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865

Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) = Platynaias subviridis
+ Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio neglectus Lea, 1843
+ Unio hyalinus Lea, 1845
+ Margaritana quadrata Lea, 1861
+ Unio pertenuis Lea, 1863

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)
+ Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio coelatus Conrad, 1834

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio planus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio (Niaa) atrata Swainson, 1823
+ Unio permiscens Lea, 1859
+ Lampsilis simpsoni Ferriss, 1900
+ Lampsilis gracilis lacustris F.C. Baker, 1922
+ Medionidus mcglameriae van der Schalie, 1939

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon
+ Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
+ Lampsilis blatchleyi Daniels, 1902

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio sageri Conrad, 1836
+ Unio arquatus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio leprosus Miles, 1861

Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus
+ Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio rutersvillensis Lea, 1859
+ Unio cocoduensis Reeve, 1865
+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868
+ Lampsilis (Eurynia) subrostrata var. furva Simpson, 1914

Margaritifera marrianae Johnson, 1983

Medionidus acutissimus (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio rubellinus Lea, 1857
+ Unio semiplicatus Küster, 1862

Medionidus conradicus (Lea, 1834)
+ Obliquaria plateolus Rafinesque, 1831

Medionidus parvulus (Lea, 1860)

Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio kingii B.H. Wright, 1900

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 boykinianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio eightsii Lea, 1860
+ Unio triumphans B.H. Wright, 1898

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835
+ Obliquaria reflexa conradi Frierson, 1927

Obovaria haddletoni (Athearn, 1964)

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

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828
+ Unio pealei Lea, 1871

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio (Aximedia) levigata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio circulus Lea, 1829
+ Unio lens Lea, 1831
+ Unio leibii Lea, 1862
+ Unio depygis Conrad, 1866
+ Obovaria lens var. parva Simpson, 1914
+ Obovaria lens var. elongata Simpson, 1914
+ Obovaria subrotunda globula Morrison, 1942

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)
+ Unio uber Conrad, 1866
+ Unio tinkeri B.H. Wright, 1899
+ Obovaria (s.s.) nux Simpson, 1914

Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838)
+ Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840
+ Unio propecoelatus de Gregorio, 1914

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831
+ Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831

Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)
+ Unio varicosus Lea, 1831
+ Unio detectus Frierson, 1911
+ Unio cicatricoides Frierson, 1911

Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827
+ Unio compertus Frierson, 1911

Pleurobema athearni Gangloff Williams and Feminella, 2006

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Pleurobema cuneata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio patulus Lea, 1829
+ Unio bournianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio consanguineus de Gregorio, 1914

Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819
+ Obovaria cordata var. rosea Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema curtum (Lea, 1859)
+ Unio anaticulus Lea, 1861

Pleurobema curtum (Lea, 1859) = Pleurobema decisum

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio chattanoogaensis Lea, 1858
+ Unio consanguineus Lea, 1861
+ Unio crebrivittatus Lea, 1861

Pleurobema fibuloides (Lea, 1859)
+ Unio crapulus Lea, 1861
+ Unio lewisii Lea, 1861
+ Unio altus Conrad, 1854

Pleurobema fibuloides (Lea, 1859)

Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)
+ Unio nucleopsis Conrad, 1849
+ Unio troschelianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio favosus Lea, 1856
+ Unio irrasus Lea, 1861
+ Unio medius Lea, 1861

Pleurobema hanleyianum (Lea, 1852)
+ Pleurobema aldrichianum Goodrich, 1931

Pleurobema hartmanianus (Lea, 1860) = Pleurobema hartmanianum
+ Unio showalterii Lea, 1860

Pleurobema marshalli Frierson, 1927

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio rudis Conrad, 1837
+ Unio holstonensis Lea, 1840
+ Unio mundus Lea, 1857
+ Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860
+ Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861
+ Unio striatissimus J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867
+ Unio planior Lea, 1868
+ Unio lawii Lea, 1871
+ Unio acuens Lea, 1871
+ Unio pattinoides Lea, 1871
+ Unio conasaugaensis Lea, 1872
+ Unio brevis Lea, 1872
+ Unio bellulus Lea, 1872
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Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio nux Lea, 1852
+ Unio johannis Lea, 1859
+ Unio cinnamomicus Lea, 1861
+ Unio flavidulus Lea, 1861
+ Unio concolor Lea, 1861
+ Unio interventus Lea, 1861
+ Unio pallidofulvus Lea, 1861
+ Unio litus Lea, 1871
+ Unio simulans Lea, 1871
+ Unio pinkstoni S.H. Wright, 1897

Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834) = Pleurobema pyriforme

Pleurobema plenum (Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio striatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio modicus Lea, 1857
+ Pleurobema simpsoni Vanatta, 1915

Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio furvus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio pulvinulus Lea, 1845
+ Pleurobema avellana Simpson, 1900
+ Unio (Pleurobema) hagleri Frierson, 1900
+ Pleurobema (s.s.) fictum Frierson, 1927

Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia
+ Unio cardiacea Guérin-Méneville, 1823
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820) = Unio crassus
+ Unio rubens Menke, 1828
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio cuneus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio gouldianus Jay, 1839
+ Unio fulgidus Lea, 1845
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) coccinea var. paupercula Simpson, 1900
+ Pleurobema missouriensis Marsh, 1901
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) coccinea var. magnalacustris Simpson, 1914
+ Pleurobema coccineum var. mississippiensis F.C. Baker, 1928

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema stabilis (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema stabile
+ Unio murrayensis Lea, 1868

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, 1898)
+ Pleurobema patsaligensis Simpson, 1900

Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834)
+ Pleurobema tombigbeanum Frierson, 1908
+ Pleurobema (s.s.) aldrichi Frierson, 1927

Pleurobema verum (Lea, 1861)
+ Unio instructus Lea, 1861

Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841
+ Unio estabrookianus Lea, 1845
+ Unio tumescens Lea, 1845
+ Unio meredithii Lea, 1858
+ Unio pudicus Lea, 1860
+ Unio ornatus Lea, 1861
+ Unio lyonii Lea, 1865
+ Unio striatissimus J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Unio fassinans Lea, 1868
+ Unio crudus Lea, 1871
+ Unio radiosus Lea, 1871
+ Unio lenticularis Lea, 1872
+ Unio tellicoensis Lea, 1872
+ Pleurobema fassinans var. rhomboidea Simpson, 1900

Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) = Pleurobema oviforme

Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)
+ Unio maculatus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857
+ Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857
+ Unio subglobatus Lea, 1871
+ Unio circumactus Lea, 1871
+ Unio recurvatus Lea, 1871
+ Pleurobema conradi Vanatta, 1915

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

Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834

Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829
+ Unio atra Deshayes, 1832
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832
+ Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834
+ Unio coloradoensis Lea, 1856
+ Unio dolosus Lea, 1860

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. interrupta Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. longa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) fasciolaris var. obliterata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio camelus Lea, 1834
+ Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845
+ Unio imperitus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio lanceolatus var. blandus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio compressissimus f.a performosus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Ptychobranchus fasciolaris var. lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928

Ptychobranchus foremanianus (Lea, 1842)
+ Unio velatus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio woodwardius Lea, 1857
+ Unio trinacrus Lea, 1861

Ptychobranchus greenii (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio brumleyanus Lea, 1841
+ Unio brumbyanus Lea, 1841
+ Unio flavescens Lea, 1845
+ Unio simplex Lea, 1845

Ptychobranchus jonesi (van der Schalie, 1934)

Ptychobranchus subtentum (Say, 1825) = Ptychobranchus subtentus
+ Unio subteritus [sic] var. purchreornatus de Gregorio, 1914

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)
+ Anodonta teres Conrad, 1834
+ Anodonta excurvata De Kay, 1843
+ Anodonta virgulata Lea, 1857
+ Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858
+ Anodonta williamsii Lea, 1862
+ Anodonta tryonii Lea, 1862
+ Anodonta dolearis Lea, 1863
+ Anodonta doliaris Lea, 1863

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta lugubris Say, 1829
+ Anodonta corpulenta Cooper, 1834
+ Anodonta declivis Conrad, 1834
+ Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta palna Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta plana Lea, 1834
+ Symphynota benedictensis Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta decora Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta ovata Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta pepinianus Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta harpethensis Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840
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Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio asper Lea, 1831
+ Unio forsheyi Lea, 1859

Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio pauperculus Lea, 1861
+ Unio vallatus Lea, 1868
+ Unio cahabensis Lea, 1871
+ Quadrula archeri Frierson, 1905

Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) = Pustulosa archeri

Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) = Pustulosa kieneriana

Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio cylindricus var. strigillatus B.H. Wright, 1898

Quadrula infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata
+ Unio securiformis Conrad, 1849

Quadrula intermedia (Conrad, 1836) = Theliderma intermedia
+ Unio tuberosus var. perlobatus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Quadrula biangulata Morrison, 1942

Quadrula kieneriana (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kieneriana

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio tuberosus Lea, 1840
+ Unio wardii Lea, 1861

Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1853)

Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) retusa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) bullata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio premorsus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio nodulosus Say, 1834
+ Unio prasinus Conrad, 1834
+ Unio schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio turgidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio mortoni Conrad, 1835
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio pernodosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio schoolcraftii Lea, 1870

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
+ Unio lunulatus Pratt, 1876
+ Quadrula quadrula contraryensis Utterback, 1915
+ Quadrula (Quadrula) quadrula bullocki F.C. Baker, 1928

Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio blandianus Lea, 1856

Quadrula sparsa (Lea, 1841) = Theliderma sparsa

Quadrula stapes (Lea, 1831) = Theliderma stapes

Quadrula succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa
+ Unio cacao Lea, 1859

Quadrula verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840
+ Unio conjugans B.H. Wright, 1899
+ Quadrula tritogonia Ortmann, 1909
+ Quadrula parkeri Geiser, 1911

Strophitus connasaugaensis (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
+ Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858
+ Anodonta hallenbeckii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana alabamensis Lea, 1861

Strophitus connasaugaensis (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus
+ Margaritana spillmanii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana tombecbeensis Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana tombigbeensis Lea, 1862
+ Margaritana columbensis Lea, 1867

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)
+ Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829
+ Anodonta virgata Conrad, 1836
+ Anodonta wardiana Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta pavonia Lea, 1838
+ Anodon unadilla De Kay, 1843
+ Anodonta tetragona Lea, 1845
+ Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852
+ Alasmodon rhombica J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon papyracea J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Anodon annulatus Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon quadriplicatus Sowerby, 1870
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Toxolasma corvunculus of Authors, non Lea, 1868

Toxolasma cylindrellus (Lea, 1868)

Toxolasma germanus (Lea, 1861) = Toxolasma paulum

Toxolasma granulatus (Lea, 1861) = Toxolasma paulum

Toxolasma lividum (Rafinesque, 1831)
+ Unio glans Lea, 1831
+ Unio moestus Lea, 1841

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)
+ Carunculina parva cahni F.C. Baker, 1927

Toxolasma paulum (Lea, 1840)

Toxolasma sp. = Toxolasma parvum

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

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Truncilla truncata var. fusca Rafinesque, 1820
+ Truncilla truncata var. vermiculata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831
+ Unio elegans var. elegantopsis de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio elegans var. magnelegans de Gregorio, 1914
+ Truncilla truncata var. lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928

Uniomerus columbensis (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio plantii Lea, 1857

Uniomerus columbensis (Lea, 1857) = Elliptio fumata

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830)
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
+ Unio geometricus Lea, 1834
+ Unio excultus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio sayanus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839
+ Unio parallelus Conrad, 1841
+ Unio symmetricus Lea, 1845
+ Unio rivularis Conrad, 1853
+ Unio porrectus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio subcroceus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio manubius Gould, 1855
+ Unio jamesianus Lea, 1857
+ Unio electrinus Reeve, 1865

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830) = Uniomerus declivis

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
+ Anodonta incerta Lea, 1834
+ Anodon horda Gould, 1855
+ Anodonta phalena de Gregorio, 1914
+ Utterbackia imbecillis fusca F.C. Baker, 1927

Utterbackia peggyae (Johnson, 1965)

Villosa choctawensis Athearn, 1964 = Obovaria choctawensis

Villosa fabalis (Lea, 1831) = Paetulunio fabalis
+ Unio capillus Say, 1831
+ Unio lapillus Say, 1831
+ Unio donacopsis de Gregorio, 1914

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris
+ Unio notatus Lea, 1838
+ Unio obscurus Lea, 1838
+ Unio zeiglerianus Lea, 1838
+ Margaron (Unio) cumberlandianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio creperus Lea, 1838
+ Unio glaber Lea, 1838
+ Unio simus Lea, 1838
+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838
+ Unio amoenus Lea, 1840
+ Unio tener Lea, 1840
+ Unio dactylus Lea, 1840
+ Unio fatuus Lea, 1840
+ Unio regularis Lea, 1841
+ Unio puniceus Haldeman, 1842
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Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio simus

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio dactylus

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio nebulosus

Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus
+ Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio gouldii Lea, 1845
+ Unio nigerrimus Lea, 1852
+ Unio proximus Lea, 1852
+ Unio fuligo Reeve, 1865
+ Unio subellipsis Lea, 1856
+ Unio concestator Lea, 1857
+ Unio apicinus Lea, 1857
+ Unio fallax Lea, 1857
+ Unio intercedens Lea, 1857
+ Unio obfuscus Lea, 1857
+ Unio prattii Lea, 1858
+ Unio dispar Lea, 1860
+ Unio linguaeformis Lea, 1860
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Villosa nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) = Cambarunio nebulosus
+ Unio radians Lea, 1857
+ Unio jonesii Lea, 1859
+ Unio plancus Lea, 1860
+ Unio sparus Lea, 1868
+ Unio difficilis Lea, 1868

Villosa nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) = Cambarunio jonesii

Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) = Cambarunio taeniatus
+ Unio pictus Lea, 1834
+ Unio interruptus Lea, 1838
+ Unio latiradiatus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio pulcher Lea, 1838
+ Unio menkianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio tennesseensis Lea, 1840
+ Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860
+ Unio fucatus Lea, 1860
+ Unio lindsleyi Lea, 1860
+ Unio punctatus Lea, 1865

Villosa trabalis (Conrad, 1834) = Venustaconcha troostensis
+ Unio troostensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio troostii Lea, 1870

Villosa trabalis (Conrad, 1834) = Venustaconcha trabalis

Villosa umbrans (Lea, 1857) = Leaunio umbrans
+ Unio umbrosus Lea, 1857
+ Unio tenebricus Lea, 1857
+ Unio fabaceus Lea, 1861
+ Unio porphyreus Lea, 1861
+ Unio proprius Lea, 1865

Villosa vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Leaunio vanuxemensis
+ Unio nitens Lea, 1840
+ Unio pybasii Lea, 1858
+ Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii Lea, 1870
+ Unio copei Lea, 1868

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio exiguus Lea, 1840
+ Unio prevostianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio nigrinus Lea, 1852
+ Unio rutilans Lea, 1856
+ Unio sudus Lea, 1857

Villosa villosa (Wright, 1898)
+ Lampsilis (Villosa) wrightiana Frierson, 1927

Villosa villosa (Wright, 1898) = Villosa amygdalum

 
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