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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!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini

genus Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819: nominal genera
     4 valid species

Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1818, Amer. Mon. Mag. 4: 107 [nomen nudum].
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427.
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 300.
Rafinesque, 1831, Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 24, 29, 45, 76.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1849: 628) = Truncilla truncata

Troncilla Menke, 1830
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Rossmässler, 1835, Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (1): 116.
(error for Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819)

Amygdalonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio cognatus Lea, 1860 (orig. desig.) = Truncilla cognata

Amygdalonajas Ortmann, 1909
Ortmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 192.
Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 327.
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(6): 67.
(error for Amygdalonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Plagiola (Amygdalonaias)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Lampsilis)Martens (1900)
Unio (s.s.)Call (1900)
TruncillaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1924), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Hauck et al. (2023), Saxon et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023)
Plagiola (Amygdalonajas) [sic]Ortmann (1909)
PlagiolaOrtmann (1910), Vanatta (1915)
Amygdalonajas [sic]Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1914)
Uniode Gregorio (1914)
de Gregorio (1914), Vanatta (1915)
AmygdalonaiasUtterback (1916), Ortmann (1918)
Dysnomia (Penita)Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)

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