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

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Publication Campbell et al. (2005): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Campbell, D.C., J.M. Serb, J.E. Buhay, K.J. Roe, R.L. Minton & C. Lydeard. 2005. Phylogeny of North American amblemines (Bivalvia, Unionidae): prodigious polyphyly proves pervasive across genera. Invertebrate Biology 124(2): 131-164. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Actinonaias pectorosa (Conrad, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta oregonensis (Lea, 1838)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)

Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831)

Epioblasma capsaeformis (Lea, 1831)

Epioblasma florentina walkeri (Wilson & Clark, 1914) = Epioblasma walkeri

Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus

Fusconaia escambia (Clench & Turner, 1956)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)

Fusconaia succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852) = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Inversidens japanensis (Lea, 1859) = Pronodularia japanensis

Lampsilis altilis (Conrad, 1834) = Hamiota altilis

Lampsilis australis Simpson, 1900 = Hamiota australis

Lampsilis cardium (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis perovalis (Conrad, 1834) = Hamiota perovalis

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lampsilis subangulata (Lea, 1840) = Hamiota subangulata

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lasmigona holstonia etowahensis (Lea, 1858) = Alasminota etowaensis

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon

Lexingtonia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Ligumia nasuta (Say, 1817) = Sagittunio nasutus

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Medionidus accutissimus [sic] (Lea, 1831) = Medionidus acutissimus

Medionidus conradicus (Lea, 1834)

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912) = Obovaria arkansasensis

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria rotulata (Wright, 1899) = Reginaia rotulata

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Plethobasus cyphus [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820) = Plethobasus cyphyus

Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) = Pleurobema decisum

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) = Parvaspina collina

Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema furvum (Conrad, 1834) = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)

Pleurobema gibberum (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia gibber

Pleurobema hanleyianum (Lea, 1852)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, 1898)

Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834)

Pleurobema troschelianum (Lea, 1852) = Pleurobema georgianum

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Psilunio littoralis (Cuvier, 1798) = Potomida littoralis

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula kieneriana (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kieneriana

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1854)
+ Quadrula quadrula Lydeard et al., 2000

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quincuncina burkei Walker, 1922 = Fusconaia burkei

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata

Quincuncina kleiniana (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kleiniana

Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum

Toxolasma texasiensis (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

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

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

Venustaconcha pleasii (Marsh, 1891)

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris

Villosa vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Villosa villosa (Wright, 1898)