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

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Publication Turgeon et al. (1988): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Turgeon, D.D., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, W.K. Emerson, W.G. Lyons et al. 1988. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication (16) (1st ed.). 277 pp.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Actinonaias pectorosa (Conrad, 1834) = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Alasmidonta arcula (Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta atropurpureum (Rafinesque, 1831) = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1829) = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta maccordi Athearn, 1964 = Alasmidonta mccordi

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1819

Alasmidonta raveneliana (Lea, 1834)

Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)

Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pressodonta viridis

Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901)

Amblema neislerii (Lea, 1858)

Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad, 1841) = Amblema plicata

Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) = Amblema plicata

Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851 = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta californiensis (Lea, 1852)

Anodonta cataracta cataracta Say, 1817 = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta cataracta fragilis Lamarck, 1819 = Pyganodon fragilis

Anodonta cataracta marginata Say, 1817 = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta couperiana (Lea, 1842) = Utterbackiana couperiana

Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 = Pyganodon gibbosa

Anodonta grandis Say, 1829 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta implicata Say, 1829 = Utterbackiana implicata

Anodonta kennerlyi (Lea, 1860)

Anodonta nuttaliana [sic] Lea, 1838 = Anodonta nuttalliana

Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838

Anodonta peggyae Johnson, R.I., 1965 = Utterbackia peggyae

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)

Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad, 1834) = Strophitus radiatus

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker, 1912 = Arcidens wheeleri

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Disconaias salinasensis (Simpson, 1908) = Disconaias fimbriata

Dromus dromas (Lea, 1834)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843)

Elliptio angustata (Lea, 1831)

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio buckleyi (Lea, 1841) = Elliptio jayensis

Elliptio chipolaensis Walker, 1905

Elliptio cistelliformis [sic] (Lea, 1863) = Elliptio cistellaeformis

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Elliptio congaraea (Lea, 1831)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio dariensis (Lea, 1842)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Elliptio downiei (Lea, 1858)

Elliptio fisheriana (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio folliculata (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio fraterna (Lea, 1852)

Elliptio hopetonensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio icterina (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio jayensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio lanceolata (Lea, 1828)

Elliptio macmichaeli [sic] Clench & Turner, 1956 = Elliptio mcmichaeli

Elliptio marsupiobesa Fuller, 1972

Elliptio nigella (Lea, 1853)

Elliptio producta (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio raveneli (Conrad, 1834) = Elliptio icterina

Elliptio roanokensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio shepardiana (Lea, 1834)

Elliptio spinosa (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio steinstansana Johnson & Clarke, 1983 = Parvaspina steinstansana

Elliptio waccamawensis (Lea, 1863) = Elliptio congaraea

Elliptio waltoni (Wright, B.H., 1888) = Elliptio ahenea

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)

Epioblasma arcaeformis (Lea, 1831)

Epioblasma biemarginata (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1831)

Epioblasma capsaeformis (Lea, 1834)

Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma florentina curtisi (Utterback, 1915) = Epioblasma curtisii

Epioblasma florentina florentina (Lea, 1857) = Epioblasma florentina

Epioblasma haysiana (Lea, 1834)

Epioblasma lenior (Lea, 1840)

Epioblasma lewisii (Walker, 1910)

Epioblasma metastriata (Conrad, 1840)

Epioblasma obliquata obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma obliquata

Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua (Conrad, 1838) = Epioblasma perobliqua

Epioblasma othcaloogensis (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma penita (Conrad, 1834)

Epioblasma personata (Say, 1829)

Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857)

Epioblasma sampsonii (Lea, 1862)

Epioblasma stewardsoni (Lea, 1852) = Epioblasma stewardsonii

Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum (Reeve, 1856) = Epioblasma gubernaculum

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (Lea, 1838) = Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma torulosa torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma torulosa

Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858)

Epioblasma walkeri (Wilson & Clark, 1914)

Fusconaia askewi (Marsh, 1896)

Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia barnesiana

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia cor (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia cuneolus (Lea, 1840)

Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831) = Reginaia ebenus

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner, 1956

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia lananensis (Frierson, 1900)

Fusconaia masoni (Conrad, 1834)

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

Fusconaia subrotunda (Lea, 1831)

Fusconaia succissa (Lea, 1852) = Pustulosa succissa

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis abrupta (Say, 1831)

Lampsilis altilis (Conrad, 1834) = Hamiota altilis

Lampsilis australis Simpson, 1900 = Hamiota australis

Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900

Lampsilis bracteata (Gould, 1855)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis dolabraeformis (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis fullerkati Johnson, R.I., 1984 = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis haddletoni Athearn, 1964 = Obovaria haddletoni

Lampsilis higginsi (Lea, 1857) = Lampsilis higginsii

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis ornatus (Conrad, 1835) = Lampsilis ornata

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis perovalis (Conrad, 1834) = Hamiota perovalis

Lampsilis powelli (Lea, 1853) = Lampsilis powellii

Lampsilis radiata conspicua (Lea, 1872) = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) = Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brevicula (Call, 1887) = Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brittsi Simpson, 1900 = Lampsilis brittsi

Lampsilis reeviana reeviana [sic] (Lea, 1852) = Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis satura (Lea, 1853)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lampsilis splendida (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis straminea claibornensis (Lea, 1838) = Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis straminea straminea (Conrad, 1834) = Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis streckeri Frierson, 1927

Lampsilis subangulata (Lea, 1840) = Hamiota subangulata

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis virescens (Lea, 1858)

Lasmigona complanata alabamensis (Clarke, 1985) = Lasmigona alabamensis

Lasmigona complanata complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Lasmigona complanata

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) = Platynaias decorata

Lasmigona holstonia (Lea, 1838) = Alasminota holstonia

Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) = Platynaias subviridis

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus fragilis

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820) = Potamilus leptodon

Leptodea ochracea (Say, 1817) = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Lexingtonia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Lexingtonia subplana (Conrad, 1834) = Fusconaia masoni

Ligumia nasuta (Say, 1817) = Sagittunio nasutus

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831) = Sagittunio subrostratus

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera marrianae Johnson, 1983

Medionidus acutissimus (Lea, 1831)

Medionidus conradicus (Lea, 1834)

Medionidus macglameriae [sic] van der Schalie, 1939 = Potamilus fragilis

Medionidus parvulus (Lea, 1860)

Medionidus penicillatus (Lea, 1857)

Medionidus simpsonianus Walker, 1905

Medionidus walkeri (Wright, S.H., 1897)

Megalonaias boykiniana (Lea, 1840) = Megalonaias nervosa

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912) = Obovaria arkansasensis

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)

Obovaria rotulata (Wright, B.H., 1899) = Reginaia rotulata

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria unicolor (Lea, 1845)

Pegias fabula (Lea, 1838)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Plethobasus cicatricosus (Say, 1829)

Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834)

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema altum (Conrad, 1854)

Pleurobema avellanum Simpson, 1900 = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema beadleianum (Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema bournianum (Lea, 1840) = Pleurobema clava

Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) = Pleurobema decisum

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema coccineum (Conrad, 1834 [sic]) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) = Parvaspina collina

Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema curtum (Lea, 1859)

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema flavidulum (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema perovatum

Pleurobema furvum (Conrad, 1834) = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)

Pleurobema gibberum (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia gibber

Pleurobema hanleyanum [sic] (Lea, 1852) = Pleurobema hanleyianum

Pleurobema johannis (Lea, 1859) = Pleurobema perovatum

Pleurobema marshalli Frierson, 1927

Pleurobema murrayense (Lea, 1868) = Pleurobema stabile

Pleurobema nucleopse (Conrad, 1849) = Pleurobema georgianum

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema plenum (Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema pyramidatum (Lea, 1831) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema riddelli (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema riddellii

Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, B.H., 1898)

Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834)

Pleurobema troschelianum (Lea, 1852) = Pleurobema georgianum

Pleurobema verum (Lea, 1861)

Popenaias popei (Lea, 1857) = Popenaias popeii

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Potamilus amphichaenus (Frierson, 1898)

Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Potamilus inflatus (Lea, 1831)

Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)

Ptychobranchus greeni (Conrad, 1834) = Ptychobranchus greenii

Ptychobranchus jonesi (van der Schalie, 1934 )

Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)

Ptychobranchus subtentum (Say, 1825) = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula asperata (Lea, 1861) = Pustulosa kieneriana

Quadrula aurea (Lea, 1859) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula couchiana (Lea, 1860)

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula cylindrica strigillata (Wright, B.H., 1898) = Theliderma cylindrica

Quadrula fragosa (Conrad, 1836)

Quadrula houstonensis (Lea, 1859) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula intermedia (Conrad, 1836) = Theliderma intermedia

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pustulosa nodulata

Quadrula petrina (Gould, 1855) = Pustulosa petrina

Quadrula pustulosa mortoni (Conrad, 1836) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula pustulosa pustulosa (Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula sparsa (Lea, 1841) = Theliderma sparsa

Quadrula stapes (Lea, 1831) = Theliderma stapes

Quadrula tuberosa (Lea, 1840) = Theliderma metanevra

Quincuncina burkei Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922 = Fusconaia burkei

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834) = Pustulosa infucata

Quincuncina mitchelli (Simpson, 1896) = Fusconaia mitchelli

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Strophitus connasaugaensis (Lea, 1857) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Strophitus subvexus (Conrad, 1834) = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma corvunculus (Lea, 1868)

Toxolasma cylindrellus (Lea, 1868)

Toxolasma lividus Rafinesque, 1831 = Toxolasma lividum

Toxolasma mearnsi (Simpson, 1900) = Toxolasma texasiense

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823) = Toxolasma parvum

Toxolasma paulus (Lea, 1840) = Toxolasma paulum

Toxolasma pullus (Conrad, 1838)

Toxolasma texasensis (Lea, 1857) = Toxolasma texasiense

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Quadrula verrucosa

Truncilla cognata (Lea, 1860)

Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828)

Truncilla macrodon (Lea, 1859)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Uniomerus caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) = Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1832)

Uniomerus excultus (Conrad, 1838) = Uniomerus declivis

Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831) = Uniomerus carolinianus

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

Venustaconcha pleasi (Marsh, 1891) = Venustaconcha pleasii

Villosa amygdala (Lea, 1843) = Villosa amygdalum

Villosa arkansasensis (Lea, 1862) = Obovaria arkansasensis

Villosa choctawensis Athearn, 1964 = Obovaria choctawensis

Villosa constricta (Conrad, 1838) = Venustaconcha constricta

Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa fabalis (Lea, 1831) = Paetulunio fabalis

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris

Villosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834) = Leaunio lienosus

Villosa nebulosa (Conrad, 1834) = Cambarunio nebulosus

Villosa ortmanni (Walker, 1925) = Leaunio ortmanni

Villosa perpurpurea (Lea, 1861) = Venustaconcha trabalis

Villosa taeniata (Conrad, 1834) = Cambarunio taeniatus

Villosa trabalis (Conrad, 1834) = Venustaconcha trabalis

Villosa vanuxemensis umbrans (Lea, 1857) = Leaunio umbrans

Villosa vanuxemensis vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Leaunio vanuxemensis

Villosa vaughaniana (Lea, 1836) = Sagittunio vaughanianus

Villosa vibex (Conrad, 1834)

Villosa villosa (Wright, B.H., 1898)

 
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