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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Davis et al. (1981): summary
publication summary Complete CitationDavis, G.M., W.H. Heard, S.L.H. Fuller & C. Hesterman. 1981. Molecular genetics and speciation in Elliptio and its relationships to other taxa of North American Unionidae (Bivalvia). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 15: 131-150. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesUnio cistelliformis Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 716.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 641.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 228.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 317.
Davis et al., 1981. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 15: 135.
Davis, 1984. Malacologia 25(2): 631.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 11.
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 73.
(error for Unio cistellaeformis Lea, 1863) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodonta cataracta (Say, 1817) = Pyganodon cataracta Elliptio cistelliformis [sic] (Lea, 1863) = Elliptio cistellaeformis Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786) Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834) Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828)
+ Unio fisherianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio folliculatus Lea, 1838 Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) = Elliptio fisheriana Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828) = Elliptio folliculata Elliptio waccamawensis (Lea, 1863) = Elliptio congaraea Fusconaia succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820) Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
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