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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 Thiele (1934), 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

Thiele, J. 1934. Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 3: 779-1022.

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Attributed Genus Names

Brachyodontes Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: ??.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 799.
(error for Brachidontes Swainson, 1840)

Toxelasma Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 373.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 835 [1271].
(new name for Toxolasma Rafinesque, 1831)

Potamida Agassiz, 1846
Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 306.
Herrmannsen, 1847, Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 329.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 816 [1245].
(homonym of Brongniart, 1810 [Gastro.]; new name for Potomida Swainson, 1840)

Caelatura Conrad, 1853
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909, Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921, Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927, Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927, Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929, Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937, Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942, Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949, J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950, Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963, Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964, Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968, Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970, Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980, Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987, Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999, EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001, Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)

Cucumeria Simpson, 1900
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 889.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 817 [1246].
(error for Cucumaria Conrad, 1853)

Christadens Simpson, 1914
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1154.
‘Simpson’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 821 [1252].
(incorrect original spelling of Cristadens Simpson, 1914)

Venustaconcha Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: errata et corrigenda.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 837 [1273].
(new name for Venusta Frierson, 1927)

Pustulosa Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: errata et corrigenda.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 827 [1260].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Quadrula Rafinesque, 1820; new name for Bullata Frierson, 1927)

Serratisphaerium Thiele, 1934
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1297].
Vinarski & Kantor, 2016, Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 85.
(error for Serratisphoerium Germain, 1909)
Type species: Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904 () = Sphaerium hartmanni

Jaronia Thiele, 1934
‘Pallary’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 818 [1248].
(error for Iaronia Pallary, 1924)

Plagiolopsis Thiele, 1934
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 834 [1269].
Type species: Unio securis Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Ellipsaria lineolata

Jheringella Thiele, 1934
‘Pilsbry’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 841 [1279].
(error for Iheringella Pilsbry, 1893)

Sinomytilus Thiele, 1934
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 801.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758)
Type species: Dreissensia crosseana Morlet, 1884 (orig. desig.) = Sinomytilus harmandi

Galileia Thiele, 1934
‘O.G. Costa’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1296].
(error for Galileja Costa, 1840)

Pseudodontideus Thiele, 1934
‘Frierson’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 832 [1267].
(error for Pseudodontoideus Frierson, 1927)

Attributed Species Names

Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832
‘Leach’ of Authors.
Jenyns, 1832, Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 4: 308.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 91.
Leach, 1852, Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291 [as ‘Pera henslowiana’].
Prime, 1870, Amer. J. Conch. 5: 169.
Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 13.
Clessin, 1874, Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Servain, 1882, Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 19 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Prime, 1895, Cat. Corbiculadae: 60 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Dall, 1903, Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(6): 1463.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1297].
Kantor et al., 2010, Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 308 [as ‘Tellina henslowiana’].
(error for Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825)

Unio metaneurus Herrmannsen, 1849
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Herrmannsen, 1849, Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 571.
Küster, 1852, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 50.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 826 [1260] [as ‘Quadrula (Theliderma) metaneura’].
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta ohiensis Utterback, 1915
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Utterback, 1915, Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(6): 260, pl. 23, figs. 74a-b.
Ortmann, 1919, Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8(1): 162, pl. 11, fig. 4.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 832 [1267].
Modell, 1945, Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 84.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea (Pseudomulleria) dalyi (Edg. Smith)

Acostaea rivolii (Deshayes)

Actinonaias medellina (Lea)

Actinonaias sapotalensis (Lea)

Acuticosta chinensis (Lea)

Aetheria elliptica Lamarck

Alasmodonta (sec. Bullella) arcula (Lea)

Alasmodonta (sec. Decurambis) atropurpurea (Rafinesque)

Alasmodonta (sec. Pegias) fabula (Lea)

Alasmodonta (sec. Pressodonta) calceola (Lea)

Alasmodonta (sec. Prolasmidonta) heterodon (Lea)

Alasmodonta undulata (Say)

Amblema (sec. Megalonaias) heros (Say)

Amblema (sec. Psorula) rudis (Simpson)

Amblema costata Rafinesque
+ Cokeria southalli Marshall, 1916

Amblema dombeyana (Valenciennes)

Anodonta arcaeformis (Heude)

Anodonta bahlikiana Pallary

Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & P. Fischer

Anodonta dejecta Lewis

Anodonta globosa Lea

Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat

Anodonta lurulenta Morelet

Anodonta ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820

Anodonta pallaryi Bédé

Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard

Anodonta suborbiculata Say

Anodonta venusta de Gregorio

Anodonta woodiana (Lea)
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834

Anodontites (sec. Lamproscapha) ensiformis (Spix)

Anodontites (sec. Ruganodontites) colombiensis Marshall

Anodontites crispata Bruguière

Anodontoides ferussaciana (Lea)

Arcidens confragosus (Say)

Arcidopsis footei (Theobald)

Arconaia contorta (Lea)

Arkansia wheeleri Ortmann & Walker

Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi (Bourguignat)

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini (Recluz)

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lavigeriana (Bourguignat)
+ Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) ouassouloui (Rochebrune)

Aspatharia vignouana (Bernardi)

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson)

Bartlettia stefanensis (Moricand)

Batissa tenebrosa Hinds

Byssanodonta paranensis Orbigny

Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) stagnorum (Dautzenberg)

Caelatura [sic] niloticus (Cailliaud)

Caelatura [sic] rugifera (Küster)

Caelatura [sic] teretiusculus (Philippi)

Callonaia duprei (Recluz)

Castalia ambigua Lamarck

Castalia undosa Martens

Castaliella sulcata (Krauss)

Castalina martensi Jhering

Caudiculatus caudiculatus (Martens)

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea)

Conchodromus dromas (Lea)

Contradens contradens (Lea)

Corbicula (Corbiculina) angasi Prime

Corbicula (Cyanocyclas) limosa Maton

Corbicula (Cyrenodonax) formosana Dall

Corbicula (s.s.) fluminalis (Müller)

Cristaria (sec. Crassitesta) radiata Simpson

Cristaria (sec. Pletholophus) discoidea (Lea)

Cristaria plicatus (Leach)

Ctenodesma borneensis (Issel)

Cuneopsis celtiformis (Heude)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque)
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Cyrenoida dupontia Joannis

Diplodon (Bulloideus) variabilis (Maton)
+ Unio bulloides Lea, 1859

Diplodon (Rhipidodonta) paranensis (Lea)

Diplodon (s.s.) wagnerianus Simpson
+ Diplodon ellipticum Wagner, 1827

Diplodontites cookei Marshal

Discomya radulosus (Drouet & Chaper)

Egeria radiata (Lamarck)

Elliptio (s.s.) crassidens (Lamarcq) [sic]

Elliptio (s.s.) dilatata (Rafinesque)
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823

Elliptio (sec. Barynaias) pigerrima (Crosse & P. Fischer)

Elliptio (sec. Canthyria) spinosus (Lea)

Elliptio (sec. Micronaias) aratus (Lea)

Elliptio (sec. Nephronaias) plicatula (Charpentier)

Elliptio (sec. Popenaias) popei (Lea)

Elliptio (sec. Uniomerus) tetralasmus (Say)

Elliptio poeyana (Lea)

Elliptio reticulata (Simpson, 1900)

Elliptio rubicunda (Martens)

Elliptio sloatianus (Lea)

Elongaria (s.s.) orientalis (Lea)

Elongaria (sec. Nannonaia) trompi (Drouet & Chaper)

Ensidens (s.s.) ingallsianus (Lea)

Ensidens (sec. Uniandra) inaequalis (Rochebrune, 1882)

Epioblasma (s.s.) foliatum (Hildreth)
+ Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831

Epioblasma (sec. Capsaeformis) capsaeforme (Lea)

Epioblasma (sec. Penita) penitum (Conrad)

Epioblasma (sec. Pilea) personatum (Say)

Epioblasma (sec. Scalenilla) sulcatus (Lea)

Epioblasma (sec. Torulosa) torulosum (Rafinesque)

Epioblasma (sec. Truncillopsis) triquetrum (Rafinesque)

Fossula fossiculifera (Orbigny)

Friersonia iridella (Pilsbry & Frierson)

Fusconaia trigonus (Lea)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck)

Gonidea angulata (Lea)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward)

Haasica balzani (Jhering)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque)

Hyridella (s.s.) australis (Lamarck)

Hyridella (sec. Propehyridella) nepeanensis (Conrad)

Hyridella (sec. Protohyridella) glenelgensis (Dennant)

Hyriopsis delphinus (Gruner)

Inversidens brandtii (Kobelt)

Iphigenia (s.s.) delessertii Bernardi

Iphigenia (s.s.) laevigata [(Chemnitz) Gmelin]

Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck

Iridina (sec. Cameronia) spekii Woodward

Iridina (sec. Pliodon) ovata Swainson

Jheringella isocardioides (Lea)

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck)

Lamprotula plumbea (Chemnitz)

Lampsilis (sec. Cyrtonaias) berlandierii (Lea)

Lampsilis (sec. Delphinonaias) delphinulus (Morelet)

Lampsilis (sec. Disconaias) discus (Lea)

Lampsilis (sec. Mesonaias) explicatus (Morelet)

Lampsilis (sec. Ortmanniana) carinata (Barnes)

Lampsilis (sec. Phyllonaias) paludosus (Morelet)

Lampsilis (sec. Venustaconcha) venusta (Lea)

Lampsilis (sec. Villosa) villosa (Wright)

Lampsilis ovata (Say)

Lanceolaria (s.s.) grayana (Lea)

Lanceolaria (sec. Pericylindrica) cylindrica (Simpson)

Lasmigona (s.s.) costata (Rafinesque)

Lasmigona (sec. Platynaias) compressa (Lea)

Lasmigona (sec. Pterosyna) complanata (Barnes)

Lasmigona (sec. Sulcularia) holstonia (Lea)
+ Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831

Leguminaia (sec. Microcondylaea) uniopsis (Lamarck)

Leguminaia (sec. Pseudoleguminaia) locardi Simpson, 1900
+ Pseudodon chantrei Locard, 1883

Leguminaia mardinensis (Lea)

Leila esula (Orbigny)

Lemiox caelatus (Conrad)

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude)

Leptodea fragilis Rafinesque

Lexingtonia subplana (Conrad)

Ligumia (Micromya) fabalis (Lea)

Ligumia (s.s.) recta (Lamarck)

Margaritana (Cumberlandia) monodonta (Say)

Margaritana (Potomida) auricularius (Spengler)
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Margaritana (s.s.) margaritifera (Linné)

Medionidus conradicus (Lea)

Monocondylaea paraguayana Orbigny

Mutela (sec. Chelidonopsis) hirundo (Martens)

Mutela dubia (Gmelin)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix)

Mycetopodella falcata (Higgins)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque

Obovaria (Pseudoon) ellipsis (Lea)

Obovaria (s.s.) retusa (Lamarck)

Oxynaia jourdyi (Morlet)

Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet)

Parreysia (Diaurora) auroreus (Heude)

Parreysia (Radiatula) crispisulcata (Lea) [sic]

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller)
+ Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847

Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea)

Physunio (sec. Velunio) velaris (Sowerby)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea)

Pisidium amnicum (Müller)

Pisidium compressum Prime

Pisidium fontinale C. Pfeiifer

Pisidium henslowianum [sic] (Sheppard)

Pisidium idahoense Roper, 1890

Pisidium landeroini Germain

Pisidium obtusale C. Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Pisidium scholtzii Clessin, 1873

Pisidium supinum A. Schmidt

Pisidium torquatum Stelfox

Pisidium virginicum (Gmelin)

Plagiolopsis securis (Lea)

Plethobasus aesopus (Green)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck)
+ Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820

Polymesoda (Egetaria) pullastra (Mörch)

Polymesoda (Geloina) ceylanica [sic] (Lamarck)

Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) maritima (Orbigny)

Polymesoda (s.s.) caroliniana (Bosc)

Pressidens moellendorffi Haas

Prisodon (Triplodon s.s.) rugosus Spix

Prisodon (Triplodon sec. Triquetrana) stevensii (Lea)

Prisodon (s.s.) obliquus Schumacher

Prisodontopsis johnstoni (Smith, E.A.)

Prohyriopsis stolata (Martens)

Proptera alata (Say)

Protunio messageri (Bavay & Dautzenberg)

Pseudobaphia biesianus (Heude)

Pseudocorbicula alluaudi Dautzenberg, 1908

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschianus (Lea)
+ Anodon inoscularis Gould, 1844

Pseudodon (sec. Bineurus) mouhoti (Lea)

Pseudodon (sec. Chrysopseudodon) aureus Heude

Pseudodon (sec. Cosmopseudodon) resupinatus Martens

Pseudodon (sec. Diplopseudodon) crassus Drouet

Pseudodon (sec. Indopseudodon) salwenianus (Gould)

Pseudodon (sec. Nasus) nankingensis (Heude)

Pseudodon (sec. Obovalis) loomisi Simpson

Pseudodon (sec. Trigonodon) crebristriatus (Anthony)

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Edg. Smith)

Psilunio littoralis (Lamarck)

Psilunio semirugata (Lamarck)

Psoronaias psoricus (Morelet)

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque)
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828

Ptychobranchus subtentus (Say)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude)

Quadrula (sec. Amphinaias) couchiana (Lea)

Quadrula (sec. Theliderma) metaneura [sic] (Rafinesque)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quincuncina burkei Walker

Rectidens prolongatus (Drouet)

Rhombuniopsis tauriformis (Fulton)

Rotundaria subrotunda (Rafinesque)

Rotundaria tuberculata (Rafinesque)

Scabies scobinata (Lea)

Schepmania nieuwenhuisi (Schepman)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams)

Simpsonella purpurea (Valenciennes)

Simpsoniconcha ambigua (Say)

Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat

Solenaia emarginatus (Lea)

Sphaerium (Amesoda) sulcata (Lamarck)
+ Cyclas similis Say, 1817

Sphaerium (Cyrenastrum) solidum (Normand)

Sphaerium (Musculium) lacustris (Müller)

Sphaerium (Serratisphaerium) [sic] courteti Germain

Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicola (Leach)

Sphaerium (s.s.) corneum (Linné)

Strophitus alabamensis (Lea)

Strophitus undulata (Say)

Strophitus wrightianus Walker

Tamsiella tamsiana (Dunker)

Toxelasma lividum (Rafinesque)

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould)

Tritogonia tuberculata (Barnes)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque

Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krauss

Unio terminalis Bourguignat

Unionella fabagina (DeShayes & Jullien)

Villorita cyprinoides (Gray)

Virgus (s.s.) beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri)

Virgus (sec. Leiovirgus) misoolensis (Schepman)

Virgus novaehollandiae (Gray)

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