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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Morrison (1969), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Morrison, J.P.E. 1969. The earliest names for North American naiads. American Malacological Union, Inc. Annual Reports (1969): 22-24.

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Attributed Species Names

Plethobasus pachosteus Morrison, 1969
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Morrison, 1969, AMU Annual Rept. (1969): 24.
R.I. Johnson, 1980, Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
(misidentified reference to Obovaria pachostea Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta atropurpureum Rafinesque, 1831
+ Margaritana raveneliana Lea, 1834

Alasmidonta viridis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828

Crenodonta lineolata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Cyprogenia stegaria Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Ellipsaria ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823

Fusconaia lateralis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823

Fusconaia polita (Say, 1834)
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831

Fusconaia pusilla Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1831

Lampsilis abruptus Say, 1831
+ Margarita (Unio) orbiculatus Lea, 1836

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis teres Rafinesque, 1820
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lasmigona badia Rafinesque, 1831
+ Margaritana holstonia Lea, 1838

Lemiox rimosus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834

Megalonaias nervosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823

Plagiola (Epioblasma) flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828

Plagiola interruptus Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831

Plagiola perobliqua Conrad, 1837
+ Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicata Simpson, 1900

Plagiola ridibundus Say, 1831
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829

Plethobasus pachosteus Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829

Plethobasus striatus Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834

Pleurobema obliquata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831

Pleurobema obliquum Lamarck, 1819
+ Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820

Pleurobema premorsa Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840

Pleurobema sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838

Potamilus alatus Say, 1817

Potamilus ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Quadrula bullata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio pustulosus Lea, 1831

Toxolasma livida Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio glans Lea, 1831

Truncilla vermiculata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Villosa teneltus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio taeniatus Conrad, 1834

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