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

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This page documents data for Oesch (1984), 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

Oesch, R.D. 1984. Missouri Naiades: A Guide to the Mussels of Missouri. 270 pp.

Attributed Species Names

Corbicula fulminea Schlüter, 1838
‘Müller’ of Authors.
Schlüter, 1838, Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 34.
Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 238.
(error for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)

Anodonta ohioensis Agassiz, 1852
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 648.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 437.
Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 183 [as ‘Potamilus’].
(error for Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio reevianus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 538.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 74.
Utterback, 1916, Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 449.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 73.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 437.
R.I. Johnson, 1980, Bull. MCZ 149(2): 132.
Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 225.
Turgeon et al., 1988, Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 31.
Williams et al., 1993, Fisheries 18(9): 12.
Turgeon et al., 1998, Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (26): 35.
Graf & Cummings, 2007, J. Moll. Studies 73: 305.
Bogan, 2010, FADA: [web].
Cummings & Graf, 2010, Ecol. Class. N. Amer. FW Inverts.: 376.
Haag, 2012, N. Amer. Freshw. Mussels: 71 [as ‘Lampsilis reeviana’].
(error for Unio reeveianus Lea, 1852)

Unio topekensis Utterback, 1916
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Utterback, 1916, Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(10): 438.
Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 198.
(error for Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868)

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina carinata (Barnes, 1823)
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843

Alasmidonta viridis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828
+ Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823

Anodonta grandis corpulenta Cooper, 1834

Anodonta grandis grandis Say, 1829
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta danielsii Lea, 1858

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea, 1834)
+ Anodonta buchanensis Lea, 1838

Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Corbicula fulminea [sic] Müller, 1774

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)
+ Unio lamarckianus Lea, 1852
+ Unio popenoi Call, 1885

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Elliptio crassidens crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio arctior Lea, 1838

Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831)
+ Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829

Fusconaia ozarkensis (Call, 1887)

Lampsilis orbiculata (Hildreth, 1828)

Lampsilis radiata luteola (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823

Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson, 1927

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brevicula (Call, 1887)

Lampsilis reeviana [sic] brittsi Simpson, 1900

Lampsilis reeviana reeviana [sic] (Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis teres anodontoides (Rafinesque, 1820) [sic]

Lampsilis teres teres (Smith, 1899) [sic]
+ Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899

Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio dolosus Lea, 1860

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
+ Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

Ligumia subrostrata (Say, 1831)
+ Unio mississippiensis Conrad, 1850
+ Unio topekaensis Lea, 1868

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio heros Say, 1829
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823

Obovaria jacksoniana (Frierson, 1912)
+ Unio castaneus Lea, 1831

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Plagiola curtisi (Utterback, 1916)

Plagiola triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Plectomerus dombeyana (Valenciennes, 1827)
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831
+ Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio atromarginatus Lea, 1840
+ Unio sloatianus Lea, 1840

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio catillus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Potamilus capax (Green, 1832)

Potamilus ohioensis [sic] (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Ptychobranchus occidentalis (Conrad, 1836)
+ Ptychobranchus clintonensis Simpson, 1900

Quadrula cylindrica (Say, 1817)
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio nodulosus Say, 1834
+ Unio dorfeuillianus Lea, 1838

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831
+ Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Strophitus undulatus undulatus (Say, 1817)
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852

Toxolasma lividus glans (Lea, 1831)

Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823)

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823

Truncilla donaciformis (Lea, 1828)
+ Unio zigzag Lea, 1829

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830)
+ Unio camptodon Say, 1832
+ Unio sayii Tappan, 1839

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
+ Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis pleasii (Marsh, 1891)
+ Unio venustus Lea, 1838
+ Unio venustus Sowerby, 1868

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829)
+ Unio creperus Lea, 1838
+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838
+ Unio radiatus De Kay, 1843

Villosa lienosa lienosa (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio caliginosus Lea, 1845
+ Unio fontanus Conrad, 1866

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