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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!
This page documents data for R.I. Johnson (1978), 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=483
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Publication information
Johnson, R.I. 1978. Systematics and zoogeography of Plagiola (= Dysnomia = Epioblasma), an almost extinct genus of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from middle North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148: 239-321.
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Attributed Species Names
Unio sowerbyanus Küster, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1852, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 62.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 43.
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 14, sp. 58.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 520.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 17.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 94.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 483.
Burch, 1975, Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 173.
R.I. Johnson, 1978, Bull. MCZ 148: 280.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998, The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 91.
(error for Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834)
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Taxonomic Opinions
Plagiola (Epioblasma) flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828
+ Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831
+ Truncilla lewisii Walker, 1910
Plagiola (Epioblasma) stewardsoni (Lea, 1852)
Plagiola (Pilea) haysiana (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834
Plagiola (Pilea) obliquata (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio ridibundus Say, 1829
+ Unio perplexus Say, 1829
+ Unio flagellatus Say, 1830
+ Unio pectitus Conrad, 1854
+ Unio stewardsonii var. stewensoni de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio propesulcatus de Gregorio, 1914
Plagiola (Pilea) personata (Say, 1829)
+ Unio pileus Lea, 1831
+ Unio capillaris Lea, 1834
Plagiola (Torulosa) biemarginata (Lea, 1857)
Plagiola (Torulosa) capsaeformis (Lea, 1834)
Plagiola (Torulosa) florentina (Lea, 1857)
+ Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
+ Unio sacculus Reeve, 1864
+ Truncilla walkeri Wilson & Clark, 1914
+ Truncilla curtisii Utterback, 1916
Plagiola (Torulosa) propinqua (Lea, 1857)
Plagiola (Torulosa) sampsoni (Lea, 1862)
Plagiola (Torulosa) torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Amblema torulosa var. angulata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
+ Unio gibbosus var. perobliquus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio rangianus Lea, 1838
+ Unio cincinnatiensis Lea, 1840
+ Unio obliquus Potiez & Michaud, 1844
+ Unio phillipsii Reeve, 1864
+ Unio gubernaculum Reeve, 1865
+ Truncilla (Scalenaria) sulcata var. delicata Simpson, 1900
Plagiola (Torulosa) turgidula (Lea, 1858)
+ Unio nux Küster, 1861
+ Unio deviatus Reeve, 1864
+ Truncilla lefevrei Utterback, 1916
Plagiola (Truncillopsis) triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio cuneatus Swainson, 1823
+ Unio formosus Lea, 1831
+ Unio triangularis var. pergibosus de Gregorio, 1914
+ Unio triangularis var. longiusculus de Gregorio, 1914
Plagiola (s.s.) arcaeformis (Lea, 1831)
+ Unio nexus Say, 1831
Plagiola (s.s.) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831
Plagiola (s.s.) lenior (Lea, 1840)
+ Unio lenis Lea, 1840
Plagiola (s.s.) penita (Conrad, 1834)
+ Unio metastriatus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio othcaloogensis Lea, 1857
+ Unio compactus Lea, 1859
+ Unio modicellus Lea, 1859
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