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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!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Utterbackia

species Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829): nominal species
     47 specimens available.

Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829
Say, 1829, New Harm. Dissem. 2(23): 355, sp. 5.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4301, N. Amerika.

Anodonta imbecillisSay (1829), Ferussac (1835), Singley (1893), Call (1895), ..., Rosenberg et al. (1994), Howells et al. (1996), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), ITIS (2012)
Margarita (Anodonta) incertaLea (1838)
Margaron (Anodonta) imbecillisLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Anodonta imbecilisConrad (1853), Adams & Adams (1857), Lapham (1860), B.H. Wright (1888), Pilsbry & Rhoads (1896), Clench & Turner (1956), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Rosenberg et al. (1997), Adamkewicz et al. (1997)
Anodon imbecillisSowerby (1870)
Unio (Anodonta) imbecillisCall (1900)
Lastena ohiensisUtterback (1915)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Utterbackia imbecillisF.C. Baker (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024)
Anodonta (Lastena) imbecillisHaas (1930)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970), Heard (1975), Kat (1983)
Utterbackia imbecilisHoeh (1990), Lydeard et al. (1996)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecillisR.I. Johnson (1999)
U. imbecillisMarshall et al. (2018)

Anodon horda Gould, 1855
Gould, 1855, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 229.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_678301, Comanche Creek, [trib. of Pecos R., Pecos Co.], Texas.

Anodon hordaGould (1855)
Anodon hordeumSowerby (1867)
Margaron (Anodonta) imbecillisLea (1870)
Anodonta imbecillisCall (1895), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Howells et al. (1996)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis-hordaFrierson (1927)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisHaas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Anodonta imbecilisBurch (1975)
Utterbackia imbecillisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Anodonta hordaContreras-Arquieta (2000)

Anodonta henryana Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 102 [as ‘henryiana’].
Lea, 1860, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 8]: 373 [55], pl. 66, fig. 198.
(error for Anodonta henryiana Lea, 1857)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86692, Matamoras, Mexico.

Anodonta henryanaLea (1857), B.H. Wright (1888), Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Heard (1975), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodon henryanaSowerby (1870)
Margaron (Anodonta) henryanaLea (1870)
Anodonta (Mesanodon) henryanaFischer & Crosse (1894)
Anodonta (s.s.) henryanaMartens (1900)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Utterbackia henryanaF.C. Baker (1927)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Anodonta imbecilisBurch (1975)
Utterbackia imbecillisBieler (2021)

Anodonta incerta Lea, 1834
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 46, pl. 6, fig. 16.

Anodonta incertaLea (1834), Ferussac (1835), Hanley (1843), de Gregorio (1914)
Margarita (Anodonta) incertaLea (1836), Lea (1838)
Margaron (Anodonta) imbecillisLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Anodonta imbecilisConrad (1853), Burch (1975)
Anodon incertusSowerby (1867)
Anodonta imbecillisCall (1895), Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Utterbackia imbecillisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Brim Box & Williams (2000), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodonta imbecilis Lea, 1836
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 140.
Lapham, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 506.
Clench & Turner, 1956, Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 187.
Murray & Leonard, 1962, Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 95.
R.I. Johnson, 1970, Bull. MCZ 140(6): 362.
Heard, 1975, Malacologia 15(1): 84.
Kat, 1983, Malacologia 23(2): 362.
Hoeh, 1990, Malac. Review 23: 63.
Lydeard et al., 1996, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1595.
Rosenberg et al., 1997, J. Moll. Studies 63: 303.
Adamkewicz et al., 1997, MBE 14(6): 622.
(error for Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)

Anodonta imbecilisLea (1836)
Anodonta imbecillisOrtmann & Walker (1922)
Utterbackia imbecillisWatters et al. (2009)

Anodonta henryiana Lea, 1857
Lea, 1857, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 9: 102.

Anodonta henryianaLea (1857)
Anodonta henryanaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisHaas (1969)
Utterbackia imbecillisBrim Box & Williams (2000), Watters et al. (2009), Bieler (2021)

Anodonta hordeum Paetel, 1890
‘Sow.’ Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 180.
(error for Anodon horda Gould, 1855)

Anodonta hordeumPaetel (1890)
Anodonta imbecillisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisHaas (1969)
Utterbackia imbecillisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Anodonta hordea Call, 1895
‘Gould’ Call, 1895, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 63.
(error for Anodon horda Gould, 1855)

Anodonta hordeaCall (1895)

Anodonta phalena de Gregorio, 1914
de Gregorio, 1914, Il Nat. Siciliano 2: 64, pl. 11, figs. 3a-e.

Anodonta phalenade Gregorio (1914)
Utterbackia imbecillisWilliams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

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)

Anodonta ohiensisUtterback (1915)
Anodonta imbecillisOrtmann & Walker (1922), R.I. Johnson (1980)
Utterbackia imbecillisF.C. Baker (1928), Vidrine (1993), Parmalee & Bogan (1998), Watters et al. (2009)

Utterbackia imbecillis fusca F.C. Baker, 1927
F.C. Baker, 1927, Amer. Midl. Nat. 10(7): 222.
F.C. Baker, 1928, Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 175, pl. 103, figs. 12-14.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209141, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.

Utterbackia imbecillis fuscaF.C. Baker (1927), F.C. Baker (1928)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Anodonta imbecillisR.I. Johnson (1980)
Utterbackia imbecillisParmalee & Bogan (1998), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta imbecillisSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), ..., Rosenberg et al. (1994), Howells et al. (1996), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), ITIS (2012)
Unio (Anodonta) imbecillisCall (1900)
Anodonta henryanaSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), Heard (1975), Contreras-Arquieta (2000)
Anodonta (s.s.) henryanaMartens (1900)
Anodonta incertade Gregorio (1914)
Anodonta phalenade Gregorio (1914)
Lastena ohiensisUtterback (1915)
Anodonta ohiensisUtterback (1915)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Utterbackia imbecillisF.C. Baker (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024)
Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis-hordaFrierson (1927)
Utterbackia henryanaF.C. Baker (1927)
Utterbackia imbecillis fuscaF.C. Baker (1927), F.C. Baker (1928)
Anodonta (Lastena) imbecillisHaas (1930)
Anodonta imbecilisClench & Turner (1956), Murray & Leonard (1962), Burch (1975), Rosenberg et al. (1997), Adamkewicz et al. (1997)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecilisR.I. Johnson (1970), Heard (1975), Kat (1983)
Utterbackia imbecilisHoeh (1990), Lydeard et al. (1996)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) imbecillisR.I. Johnson (1999)
Anodonta hordaContreras-Arquieta (2000)
U. imbecillisMarshall et al. (2018)

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