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

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Publication Campbell & Lydeard (2012): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Campbell, D.C. & C. Lydeard. 2012. Molecular systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae). American Malacological Bulletin 30(1): 1-17. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema elliottii (Lea, 1856)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1838)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)

Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia “askewi” (Marsh, 1896) = Fusconaia askewi

Fusconaia burkei (Walker, 1922)

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia hebetata (Conrad, 1854) = Fusconaia flava

Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912) = Obovaria arkansasensis

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Obovaria (Pseudoon) olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria olivaria

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) = Parvaspina collina

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema stabile (Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Fusconaia flava Burdick & White, 2007

Pleurobema (Sintoxia) sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838)

Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)

Pleuronaia gibbera (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia gibber

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) = Quadrula quadrula

Reginaia ebenus (Lea, 1831)

Reginaia rotulata (Wright, 1899)

Rotundaria infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata

Rotundaria kleiniana (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa kleiniana

Rotundaria refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Rotundaria succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa

Rotundaria tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)