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

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Publication Schilling et al. (2025): summary
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Complete Citation

Schilling, D.E., J.W. Jones, E.M. Hallerman, A.T. Phipps & G.R. Dinkins. 2025. Discovery of cryptic mussel biodiversity in the genera Pleurobema and Pleuronaia using molecular phylogenetics and morphology, with descriptions of a new species and a previously synonymized species. Diversity 17, 739: 1-39. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis ovata

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio rudis Conrad, 1837
+ Unio holstonensis Lea, 1840
+ Unio argenteus Lea, 1841
+ Unio mundus Lea, 1857
+ Unio lesleyi Lea, 1860
+ Unio tesserulae Lea, 1861
+ Unio striatissimus J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Unio clinchensis Lea, 1867
+ Unio planior Lea, 1868
+ Unio lawii Lea, 1871
+ Unio acuens Lea, 1871
+ Unio pattinoides Lea, 1871
+ Unio conasaugaensis Lea, 1872
+ Unio brevis Lea, 1872
2 more...

Pleurobema parmaleei sp. nov. Schilling, Jones, Hallerman, Phipps, and Dinkins, 2025

Pleuronaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838)
+ Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841
+ Unio tumescens Lea, 1845
+ Unio meredithii Lea, 1858
+ Unio pudicus Lea, 1860
+ Unio ornatus Lea, 1861
+ Unio raveneliensis Reeve, 1864
+ Unio lyonii Lea, 1865
+ Unio fassinans Lea, 1868
+ Unio validus Lea, 1871
+ Unio crudus Lea, 1871
+ Unio radiosus Lea, 1871
+ Unio lenticularis Lea, 1872
+ Unio tellicoensis Lea, 1872
+ Pleurobema fassinans var. rhomboidea Simpson, 1900

Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)

Pleuronaia estabrookianus Lea, 1845 = Pleuronaia estabrookiana

Pleuronaia gibber (Lea, 1838)

Pleuronaia sp. cf. dolabelloides = Pleuronaia dolabelloides