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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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=2243 
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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)
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  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)
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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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