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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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genus Utterbackiana Frierson, 1927: nominal genera
     5 valid species

Nayadina de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914, Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 64.
(homonym of Munier-Chalmas, 1864 [Mallaeidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta (Nayadina) venusta de Gregorio, 1914 (monotypy) = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Utterbackiana Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 17.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Nayadina Haas, 1969
‘de Gregorio’ Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 359.
(reference to Nayadina de Gregorio, 1914)
Type species: Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 ([see comments]) = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

AnodontaSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), ..., Pfeiffer et al. (2016), Marshall et al. (2018), Smith et al. (2018), Whelan et al. (2023)
Unio (Anodonta)Call (1900)
Anodonta (Nayadina)de Gregorio (1914), Haas (1969)
de Gregorio (1914)
LastenaUtterback (1915), Modell (1945)
Anodonta (Pyganodon)Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Kat (1983)
Anodonta (Lastena)Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackiana)Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
PyganodonModell (1945), Graf & Cummings (2007), Watters et al. (2009), Cummings & Graf (2010), Jones (2015)
UtterbackianaModell (1945), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Bieler (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), Whelan et al. (2023)
Anodonta (Utterbackia)R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Heard (1975), R.I. Johnson (1980), Kat (1983)
UtterbackiaGraf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010)

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