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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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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. 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=validgen_syn&id=255
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Popenaiadini genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927: nominal genera
5 valid species
Popenaias Frierson, 1927
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Type species: Unio popeii Lea, 1857 (orig. desig.) = Popenaias popeii |
Perpenaias Salisbury, 1948
Salisbury, 1948, Zool. Rec. 82: 81.
(error for Popenaias Frierson, 1927)
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Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Lampsilis (Proptera) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nephronaias — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Sphenonaias) — Martens (1900)
Unio (Nephronaias) — Martens (1900)
Unio (Simonaias) — Martens (1900)
Lampsilis — Pilsbry (1910), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio — Ortmann (1912)
Elliptio (Nephronaias) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Elliptio (Sphenonaias) — Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (Popenaias) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929)
Lampsilis (Friersonia) — Frierson (1927)
Elliptio (sec. Popenaias) — Thiele (1934)
Friersonia — Haas (1969)
Nephronaias (Popenaias) — Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Popenaias — Heard & Guckert (1970), Burch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), ..., Dai et al. (2025), Freeman et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025)
— Inoue et al. (2020)
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