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

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Publication ITIS (2012): summary
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Complete Citation

ITIS. 2012. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Dysnomia nodicella ITIS, 2012
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Elliptio macmichaeli Haas, 1969
Clench & Turner of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 232.
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Elliptio monichaeli ITIS, 2012
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Fusconaia subrotunda lesueriana ITIS, 2012
‘Lea’ ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Megalonaias nicklineana ITIS, 2012
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Pleurobema similans Johnson, 1905
Johnson, 1905. Science 31(537): 590.
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Unio kirklandianus Lea, 1838
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 23.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 203.
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].

Unio texasensis Lea, 1860
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 359.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 505.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 563.
Ortmann, 1915. Nautilus 28(12): 141.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(9): 398.
Gordon et al., 1979. Bull. AMU (1979): 35, Table 3.
Cummings & Mayer, 1992. Freshw. Mussels Midwest (5): 134.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 169.
R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 34.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [web].
ITIS, 2012. ITIS: [web].
Haag, 2012. N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 70 [as ‘Toxolasma texasensis’].
McMurray et al., 2012. Mo. Freshw. Mussels: 57 [as ‘Toxolasma texasense’].
Marshall et al., 2018. Amer. Malac. Bull. 36(1): 44.

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