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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication B.H. Wright (1888): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationWright, B.H. 1888. Check List of North American Unionidae and Other Fresh Water Bivalves. 8 pp. (un paginated). Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta arkansasensis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ of Authors. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 617. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 347. Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 709. Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 294. (error for Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852) | |
Anodonta imbecilis Lea, 1836 ‘Say’ of Authors. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 140. Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7]. Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 506. Clench & Turner, 1956. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 187. Murray & Leonard, 1962. Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 95. R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 362. Heard, 1975. Malacologia 15(1): 84. Kat, 1983. Malacologia 23(2): 362. Hoeh, 1990. Malac. Review 23: 63. Lydeard et al., 1996. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1595. Rosenberg et al., 1997. J. Moll. Studies 63: 303. Adamkewicz et al., 1997. MBE 14(6): 622. (error for Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829) | |
Anodonta nicaragua Tate, 1870 Philippi of Authors. Tate, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 161. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 932. Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 324. (error for Anodonta nicaraguae Philippi, 1849) | |
Anodonta shafferiana Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81. Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 243, pl. 17, figs. 5-7. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7]. Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60. Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 311. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 23. (error for Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852) | |
Glabaris leotandi Lea, 1870 ‘Guppy’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 83. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7] [as ‘Anodonta leotandi’]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 929. (error for Anodon leotaudi Guppy, 1866) | |
Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 44. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 32. (error for Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834) | |
Margaritana connesaugaensis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Margaritana connasaugaensis Lea, 1858) | |
Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842 ‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499. Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395. (error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840) | |
Margaron (Anodonta) marryatana Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7] [as ‘Anodonta marryatana’]. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15. (error for Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840) | |
Margaron (Unio) dollabelloides Lea, 1852 Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 35. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 56. ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. ‘Lea’ Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): 197 [as ‘Lexingtonia’]. (error for Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840) | |
Margaron (Unio) fascinans Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 502 [as ‘Unio fascinans’]. (error for Unio fassinans Lea, 1868) | |
Margaron (Unio) jayanus Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 60. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. (error for Unio jayensis Lea, 1838) | |
Margaron (Unio) sagittaeformis Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 60. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5]. (error for Unio sagittiformis Lea, 1852) | |
Margaron (Unio) vanuxemii Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 46. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838) | |
Quadrula (Pleuronaia) meridithii B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ of Authors. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 58, sp. 253. (error for Unio meredithii Lea, 1858) | |
Unio augustatus Ferussac, 1835 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [1]. (error for Unio angustatus Lea, 1831) | |
Unio calimatorum Lea, 1852 ‘Morelet’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. ‘Morelet’ Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 63. ‘More.’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. (error for Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849) | |
Unio catilus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Conrad’ of Authors. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. Ortmann, 1924. Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 38. (error for Unio catillus Conrad, 1836) | |
Unio columbiensis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ of Authors. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 148. (error for Unio columbensis Lea, 1857) | |
Unio conasangœnsis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. (error for Unio conasaugaensis Lea, 1872) | |
Unio diasensis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Wright’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. [nomen nudum] (error for Unio diazensis S.H. Wright, 1897) | |
Unio diazensis S.H. Wright, 1897
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2] [as ‘diasensis’]. [nomen nudum] S.H. Wright, 1897. Nautilus 11: 5. Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_149652, Lake Diaz, Volusia Co., Florida. | |
Unio distens B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Anth.’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. (error for Unio distans J.G. Anthony, 1865) | |
Unio dooleyanns B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2]. (error for Unio dooleyensis Lea, 1874) | |
Unio goascoraensis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. (error for Unio goascoranensis Lea, 1858) | |
Unio guintardii B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Cragin’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. (error for Unio quintardii Cragin, 1887) | |
Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256. Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13. Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32. Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13. Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184. Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129. (error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852) | |
Unio hartmanii B.H. Wright, 1888 B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. (error for Unio hartmanianus Lea, 1860) | |
Unio hazelhurstianus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ of Authors. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 719 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio) hazelhurstianus’]. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 648. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 29 [as ‘Elliptio (Elliptio) hazelhurstianus’]. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 229 [as ‘Elliptio (Elliptio) hazelhurstianus’]. R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 333. Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 164. (error for Unio hazlehurstianus Lea, 1858) | |
Unio heermanii B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ of Authors. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 322. R.I. Johnson, 1998. Occ. Pap. Moll. 5(76): 448. R.I. Johnson, 1999. Occ. Pap. Moll. 6(77): 27. (error for Unio heermannii Lea, 1861) | |
Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’]. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’]. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’]. Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’]. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’]. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’]. Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’]. Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’]. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’]. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287. Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35. Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165. Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98. He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27. (error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845) | |
Unio insitatus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. (error for Unio inusitatis Lea, 1859) | |
Unio leibmanni B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Phil.’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. (error for Unio liebmanni Philippi, 1847) | |
Unio maestus Lea, 1842 ‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 244 [82], pl. 26, fig. 60 [as ‘mæstus’]. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘mæstus’]. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3] [as ‘mæstus’]. (error for Unio moestus Lea, 1841) | |
Unio ocmlugeensis B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. (error for Unio ocmulgeensis Lea, 1861) | |
Unio pealii B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. (error for Unio pealei Lea, 1871) | |
Unio pernulus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio pertrinus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Gld.’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. (error for Unio petrinus Gould, 1855) | |
Unio planilaterus Lea, 1852 ‘Conrad’ of Authors. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 51. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 722. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 653. (error for Unio planilateris Conrad, 1838) | |
Unio quadraus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5]. (error for Unio quadrans Lea, 1860) | |
Unio sayanus Conrad, 1838 ‘Ward’ of Authors. Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 102, pl. 56, fig. 2. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5]. (error for Unio sayii Tappan, 1839) | |
Unio schoolcraftii Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5]. (error for Unio schoolcraftensis Lea, 1834) | |
Unio simpsoni B.H. Wright, 1888
B.H. Wright, 1888. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 40: 117, pl. 5, fig. 1. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5] [as ‘simpsonii’]. Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_151038, Lake Woodruff, Fla. | |
Unio stearnsii B.H. Wright, 1888
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5]. [nomen nudum] Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM ANSP_56495, Blue Spring Landing, St. John’s R., Fla. | |
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. (error for Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857) | |
Unio troostii Lea, 1870 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Unio troostensis Lea, 1834) | |
Unio tumesceus B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Unio tumescens Lea, 1845) | |
Unio tusmeyi B.H. Wright, 1888 ‘Lea’ B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Unio tuomeyi Lea, 1852) | |
Unio woodwardianus Lea, 1859 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Lea, 1859. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 199. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6]. (error for Unio woodwardius Lea, 1857) | |
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