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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 Strayer & Jirka (1997), 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

Strayer, D.L. & K.J. Jirka. 1997. The Pearly Mussels of New York State. New York State Museum Memoir (26). 113 pp., 27 pls.

Attributed Species Names

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898, Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900, Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909, Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928, Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980, Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993, Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997, Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909, Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973, Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975, Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997, Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013, Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck)
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823

Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea)

Alasmidonta marginata Say
+ Margaritana marginata var. truncata B.H. Wright, 1898

Alasmidonta undulata (Say)

Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck)
+ Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843

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

Amblema plicata (Say)
+ Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845

Anodonta implicata Say
+ Anodonta (s.s.) atra Rafinesque, 1820

Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea)
+ Anodonta buchanensis Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta ferruginea Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta cylindrica Dewey, 1856
+ Anodonta modesta Lea, 1857

Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque)
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823

Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot)
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio fluviatilis Green, 1827

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque)
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Elliptio dilatata var. sterkii Grier, 1918

Epioblasma obliquata (Rafinesque)

Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana (Lea)

Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque)
+ Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823

Fusconaia ebena (Lea)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque)
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831
+ Fusconaia flava var. parvula Grier, 1918

Lampsilis abrupta (Say)
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828

Lampsilis cariosa (Say)
+ Lampsilis pallida Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829

Lampsilis ovata (Say)
+ Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
+ Unio canadensis Lea, 1857
+ Lampsilis (s.s.) ventricosa var. lurida Simpson, 1914

Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin)
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio boydianus Lea, 1840
+ Unio rosaceus De Kay, 1843
+ Unio borealis Gray, 1882
+ Lampsilis radiata oneidensis F.C. Baker, 1916

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes)
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio distans J.G. Anthony, 1865
+ Unio superiorensis Marsh, 1897

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque)
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831

Lasmigona complanata (Barnes)
+ Unio katherinae Lea, 1838

Lasmigona compressa (Lea)
+ Unio compressus var. plebius C.B. Adams, 1842
+ Margaron (Unio) pressus Lea, 1852

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque)
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823
+ Lasmigona costata var. ereganensis Grier, 1918

Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad)
+ Unio viridis Conrad, 1835
+ Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque)
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Lampsilis gracilis lacustris F.C. Baker, 1922

Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque)
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829

Leptodea ochracea (Say)
+ Lampsilis rosea Rafinesque, 1820

Ligumia nasuta (Say)
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) attenuata Rafinesque, 1820

Ligumia recta (Lamarck)
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820

Ligumia subrostrata (Say)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus)
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque)
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Obovaria subrotunda (Rafinesque)
+ Unio leibii Lea, 1862

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck)
+ Unio patulus Lea, 1829

Pleurobema cordatum (Conrad) [sic]
+ Obliquaria (Sintoxia) sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio solidus Lea, 1838
+ Unio plenus Lea, 1840
+ Quadrula (sec. Fusconaia) coccinea var. paupercula Simpson, 1900

Potamilus alatus (Say)
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Potamilus capax (Green)

Potamilus ohiensis (Rafinesque)
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque)
+ Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
+ Ptychobranchus fasciolaris var. lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928

Pyganodon cataracta (Say)
+ Anodonta fluviatilis Bosc, 1801
+ Anodonta (s.s.) cuneata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Anodonta excurvata De Kay, 1843
+ Anodonta tryonii Lea, 1862
+ Anodonta williamsii Lea, 1862

Pyganodon grandis (Say)
+ Symphynota benedictensis Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta plana Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta decora Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta ovata Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta pepinianus Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta footiana Lea, 1840
+ Anodonta lewisii Lea, 1857
+ Anodonta kennicottii Lea, 1861
+ Anodonta simpsoniana Lea, 1861

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea)
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817

Quadrula cylindricus (Say)

Quadrula nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Quadrula pustulosa (Lea)

Quadrula quadrula Rafinesque
+ Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828

Simpsonaias ambigua (Say)
+ Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834

Strophitus undulatus (Say)
+ Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
+ Anodonta pavonia Lea, 1838
+ Anodon unadilla De Kay, 1843

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes)

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque)
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823

Truncilla donaciformis (Lea)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Unio pictorum Linnaeus

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad)
+ Unio spatulatus Lea, 1845

Villosa fabalis (Lea)

Villosa iris (Lea)
+ Unio novieboraci Lea, 1838

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