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

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Publication Cummings & Graf (2010): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Cummings, K.S. & D.L. Graf. 2010. Mollusca: Bivalvia. [in] Thorp & Covich, eds. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwaster Invertebrates: 309-384. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Actinonaias pectorosa = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Alasmidonta arcula

Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmidonta heterodon = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmidonta mccordi

Alasmidonta raveneliana

Alasmidonta robusta

Alasmidonta triangulata

Alasmidonta undulata

Alasmidonta varicosa

Alasmidonta viridis = Pressodonta viridis

Alasmidonta wrightiana

Amblema elliottii

Amblema neislerii

Amblema plicata

Amphinaias archeri = Pustulosa archeri

Amphinaias asperata = Pustulosa kieneriana

Amphinaias aurea = Pustulosa pustulosa

Amphinaias couchiana = Quadrula couchiana

Amphinaias houstonensis = Pustulosa pustulosa

Amphinaias nodulata = Pustulosa nodulata

Amphinaias petrina = Pustulosa petrina

Amphinaias pustulosa = Pustulosa pustulosa

Amphinaias refulgens = Pustulosa pustulosa

Anodonta beringiana = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta dejecta = Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta impura

Anodonta kennerlyi

Anodonta nuttalliana

Anodonta oregonensis

Anodontoides ferussacianus

Anodontoides radiatus = Strophitus radiatus

Arcidens confragosus

Arcidens wheeleri

Cyclonaias tuberculata

Cyprogenia aberti

Cyprogenia stegaria

Cyrtonaias saladoensis = Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Disconaias conchos

Disconaias fimbriata

Dromus dromas

Ellipsaria lineolata

Elliptio ahenea

Elliptio angustata

Elliptio arca

Elliptio arctata

Elliptio buckleyi = Elliptio jayensis

Elliptio chipolaensis

Elliptio cistellaeformis

Elliptio complanata

Elliptio congaraea

Elliptio crassidens

Elliptio cylindracea = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio dariensis

Elliptio dilatata = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptio downiei

Elliptio errans = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio fisheriana

Elliptio folliculata

Elliptio fraterna

Elliptio hepatica = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio hopetonensis

Elliptio icterina

Elliptio jayensis

Elliptio judithae = Elliptio roanokensis

Elliptio lanceolata

Elliptio marsupiobesa

Elliptio mcmichaeli

Elliptio monroensis

Elliptio nigella

Elliptio producta

Elliptio purpurella

Elliptio raveneli = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio roanokensis

Elliptio shepardiana

Elliptio spinosa

Elliptio steinstansana = Parvaspina steinstansana

Elliptio waccamawensis = Elliptio congaraea

Elliptio waltoni = Elliptio ahenea

Elliptoideus sloatianus

Epioblasma arcaeformis

Epioblasma biemarginata

Epioblasma brevidens

Epioblasma capsaeformis

Epioblasma flexuosa

Epioblasma florentina

Epioblasma haysiana

Epioblasma lenior

Epioblasma lewisii

Epioblasma metastriata

Epioblasma obliquata

Epioblasma othcaloogensis

Epioblasma penita

Epioblasma personata

Epioblasma propinqua

Epioblasma sampsonii

Epioblasma stewardsonii

Epioblasma torulosa

Epioblasma triquetra

Epioblasma turgidula

Fusconaia askewi

Fusconaia barnesiana = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Fusconaia cerina

Fusconaia cor

Fusconaia cuneolus

Fusconaia ebena = Reginaia ebenus

Fusconaia escambia

Fusconaia flava

Fusconaia hebetata = Fusconaia flava

Fusconaia lananensis

Fusconaia masoni

Fusconaia ozarkensis

Fusconaia rubidula = Fusconaia cerina

Fusconaia subrotunda

Fusconaia succissa = Pustulosa succissa

Glebula rotundata

Gonidea angulata

Hamiota altilis

Hamiota australis

Hamiota perovalis

Hamiota subangulata

Hemistena lata

Lampsilis abrupta

Lampsilis binominata

Lampsilis bracteata

Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis cariosa

Lampsilis dolabraeformis

Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis fullerkati = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis haddletoni = Obovaria haddletoni

Lampsilis higginsii

Lampsilis hydiana

Lampsilis ornata

Lampsilis ovata

Lampsilis powellii

Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis rafinesqueana

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] = Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis satura

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis splendida

Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis streckeri

Lampsilis teres

Lampsilis virescens

Lasmigona complanata

Lasmigona compressa = Platynaias compressa

Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona decorata = Platynaias decorata

Lasmigona holstonia = Alasminota holstonia

Lasmigona subviridis = Platynaias subviridis

Lemiox rimosus

Leptodea fragilis = Potamilus fragilis

Leptodea leptodon = Potamilus leptodon

Leptodea ochracea = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Lexingtonia dolabelloides = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Lexingtonia subplana = Fusconaia masoni

Lexingtonia utricula = Fusconaia masoni

Ligumia nasuta = Sagittunio nasutus

Ligumia recta

Ligumia subrostrata = Sagittunio subrostratus

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera hembeli

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera monodonta = Cumberlandia monodonta

Medionidus acutissimus

Medionidus conradicus

Medionidus mcglameriae = Potamilus fragilis

Medionidus parvulus

Medionidus penicillatus

Medionidus simpsonianus

Medionidus walkeri

Megalonaias boykiniana = Megalonaias nervosa

Megalonaias nervosa

Obliquaria reflexa

Obovaria jacksoniana = Obovaria arkansasensis

Obovaria olivaria

Obovaria retusa

Obovaria rotulata = Reginaia rotulata

Obovaria subrotunda

Obovaria unicolor

Pegias fabula

Plectomerus dombeyanus

Plethobasus cicatricosus

Plethobasus cooperianus

Plethobasus cyphyus

Pleurobema altum

Pleurobema athearni

Pleurobema avellanum = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema beadleianum

Pleurobema bournianum = Pleurobema clava

Pleurobema chattanoogaense = Pleurobema decisum

Pleurobema clava

Pleurobema collina = Parvaspina collina

Pleurobema cordatum

Pleurobema curtum

Pleurobema decisum

Pleurobema fibuloides

Pleurobema flavidulum = Pleurobema perovatum

Pleurobema furvum = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema georgianum

Pleurobema gibberum = Pleuronaia gibber

Pleurobema hagleri = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema hanleyianum

Pleurobema hartmanianum

Pleurobema johannis = Pleurobema perovatum

Pleurobema marshalli

Pleurobema murrayense = Pleurobema stabile

Pleurobema nucleopsis = Pleurobema georgianum

Pleurobema oviforme

Pleurobema perovatum

Pleurobema plenum _

Pleurobema pyriforme

Pleurobema riddellii

Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema rubrum = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema strodeanum

Pleurobema taitianum

Pleurobema troschelianum = Pleurobema georgianum

Pleurobema verum

Popenaias popeii

Potamilus alatus

Potamilus amphichaenus

Potamilus capax

Potamilus inflatus

Potamilus metnecktayi

Potamilus ohiensis

Potamilus purpuratus

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Ptychobranchus greenii

Ptychobranchus jonesi

Ptychobranchus occidentalis

Ptychobranchus subtentum = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Pyganodon cataracta

Pyganodon gibbosa

Pyganodon grandis

Pyganodon implicata = Utterbackiana implicata

Quadrula apiculata = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula fragosa

Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula rumphiana = Quadrula quadrula

Quincuncina burkei = Fusconaia burkei

Quincuncina infucata = Pustulosa infucata

Quincuncina mitchelli = Fusconaia mitchelli

Simpsonaias ambigua

Sphenonaias taumilapana

Strophitus connasaugaensis = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Strophitus subvexus = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Strophitus undulatus

Theliderma cylindrica

Theliderma intermedia

Theliderma metanevra

Theliderma sparsa

Theliderma stapes

Theliderma tuberosa = Theliderma metanevra

Toxolasma corvunculus

Toxolasma cylindrellus

Toxolasma lividus = Toxolasma lividum

Toxolasma mearnsi = Toxolasma texasiense

Toxolasma parvus = Toxolasma parvum

Toxolasma paulus = Toxolasma paulum

Toxolasma pullus

Toxolasma texasiensis = Toxolasma texasiense

Tritogonia verrucosa = Quadrula verrucosa

Truncilla donaciformis

Truncilla macrodon

Truncilla truncata

Uniomerus caroliniana = Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus declivis

Uniomerus tetralasmus

Utterbackia couperiana = Utterbackiana couperiana

Utterbackia heardi = Utterbackiana heardi

Utterbackia imbecillis

Utterbackia peggyae

Utterbackia peninsularis

Utterbackia suborbiculata = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

Venustaconcha pleasii

Villosa amygdala = Villosa amygdalum

Villosa arkansasensis = Obovaria arkansasensis

Villosa choctawensis = Obovaria choctawensis

Villosa constricta = Venustaconcha constricta

Villosa delumbis

Villosa fabalis = Paetulunio fabalis

Villosa iris = Cambarunio iris

Villosa lienosa = Leaunio lienosus

Villosa nebulosa = Cambarunio nebulosus

Villosa ortmanni = Leaunio ortmanni

Villosa perpurpurea = Venustaconcha trabalis

Villosa taeniata = Cambarunio taeniatus

Villosa trabalis = Venustaconcha trabalis

Villosa vanuxemensis = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Villosa vaughaniana = Sagittunio vaughanianus

Villosa vibex

Villosa villosa

 
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