| Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025 |
The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Search the database pages:
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Quadrulini | Uniomerus species Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831): synonymy 13 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831 Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 3: pl. 23. Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Bayou St. John, near New Orleans.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ... Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929) Elliptio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Thiele (1934) Uniomerus tretalasmus [sic] — Contreras-Arquieta (2000) U. tetralasmus — Marshall et al. (2018) | |
Unio camptodon Say, 1832
Say, 1832. Amer. Conch. 5: pl. 42. Type(s): TOPOTYPE USNM_85354, New Orleans, La.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. camptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Uniomerus tetralasmus comptodon [sic] — Utterback (1915) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-camptodon — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio sayanus Conrad, 1838 ‘Ward’ of Authors. Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 102, pl. 56, fig. 2. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5]. (error for Unio sayii Tappan, 1839)
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. sayi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-sayi — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Uniomerus declivis — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio sayii Tappan, 1839
Ward in Tappan, 1839. Amer. J. Sci. 35: 268, pl. 3, fig. 1. Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE USNM_85356, Scioto R., Ohio.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. sayi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Utterback (1915), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Oesch (1984), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-sayi — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus sayi — F.C. Baker (1928) | |
Unio parallelus Conrad, 1841 Conrad, 1841. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 20 [as ‘paralellus’]. Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 297 [as ‘parallelus’]. (renamed Unio porrectus Conrad, 1854; homonym of Unio parallelus Sowerby, 1840; correct name for Unio paralellus Conrad, 1841)
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio symmetricus Lea, 1845
Lea, 1845. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 4: 164.
Lea, 1848. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 4]: 73 [47], pl. 4, fig. 11. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85604, Alexandria, La.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008) Uniomerus declivis — Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio rivularis Conrad, 1853
‘Say’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 45, pl. 23, fig. 1 [as ‘U. declivis’]. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 257. Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 296. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_42852, small creek in Greene Co., Ala.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (Uniomerus) obesus — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus obesus — Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969) Uniomerus tetralasmus — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio porrectus Conrad, 1854
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268. [nomen nudum] Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 296, pl. 26, fig. 7. (new name for Unio parallelus Conrad, 1841; homonym of Unio porrectus Sowerby, 1829) Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_42847, Jackson, Miss.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio subcroceus Conrad, 1854
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268. [nomen nudum] Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 297, pl. 27, fig. 1. Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41406, Canadian Fork, Arkansas River.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio manubius Gould, 1855
Gould, 1855. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 229. Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_169447 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 108), Chihuahua, 60 mi from Camp Ringgold, Mexico.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. manubius — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Uniomerus) manubius — Martens (1900) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-manubius — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), R.I. Johnson (1999), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009), Cummings et al. (2025) | |
Unio jamesianus Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 84. Lea, 1858. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 6]: 52 [52], pl. 6, fig. 35. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85365, Jackson, Miss.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Vidrine (1993), Howells et al. (1996), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio electrinus Reeve, 1865
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 25, sp. 121.
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. sayi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-sayi — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio manubrius Paetel, 1890 ‘Gould’ of Authors. Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 158. Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 53. Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 518. (error for Unio manubius Gould, 1855)
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. manubius — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Uniomerus tetralasma comptodon Utterback, 1915 Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(3): 48. Utterback, 1915. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(6): 247. (error for Unio camptodon Say, 1832)
Uniomerus tetralasmus — Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009) | |
Unio declivis Conrad, 1836 ‘Say’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 45, pl. 23, fig. 1. Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘U. sayanus Ward’]. (misidentified reference to Unio declivis Say, 1831)
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Utterback (1915), R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927) | |
Unio paralellus Conrad, 1841 Conrad, 1841. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1: 20. (incorrect original spelling of Unio parallelus Conrad, 1841) | |
Unio rhomboidius Lea, 1852 ‘Ward MSS’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. [nomen nudum] (intro'd as syn of Unio camptodon Say, 1832) | |
Unio camptodon Stearns, 1891 Stearns, 1891. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 14 (844): 105. (reference to Unio camptodon Say, 1832)
Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. camptodon — Simpson (1900) | |
Unio electricus Haas, 1969 ‘Reeve’ Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 209. (error for Unio electrinus Reeve, 1865) | |
Uniomerus tretalasmus Contreras-Arquieta, 2000 ‘Say’ Contreras-Arquieta, 2000. Mexicoa 2(1): 45. (error for Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (s.s.) tetralasmus — Call (1900) Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. camptodon — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Uniomerus) obesus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. sayi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus var. manubius — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Uniomerus) manubius — Martens (1900) Uniomerus tetralasmus — Ortmann (1912), Utterback (1915), Murray & Leonard (1962), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), ... Dai et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026) Uniomerus tetralasmus comptodon [sic] — Utterback (1915) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-camptodon — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-sayi — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Uniomerus) obesus — Frierson (1927) Elliptio (Uniomerus) tetralasmus-manubius — Frierson (1927) Uniomerus tetralasmus sayi — F.C. Baker (1928) Elliptio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus — Thiele (1934) Uniomerus obesus — Clench & Turner (1956), Haas (1969) Uniomerus tretalasmus [sic] — Contreras-Arquieta (2000) Uniomerus declivis — Watters et al. (2009) U. tetralasmus — Marshall et al. (2018)
|