Freshwater Mussels of Florida

List of Bivalve Mollusk Taxa

List of Bivalve Mollusk taxa The following list includes generic names, binomials, authors, and dates of bivalve mollusks used herein with the exception of those in the synonymy sections of species accounts . Authors and dates are not included in the text except with the heading and type species of the generic accounts and the heading and synonymy section of each species account. Common names are included for all valid binomials and trinomials. For taxa not currently recognized as valid, the senior synonym is given in place of a common name. Family/Scientific Name Author and Date Common Name/Synonym Corbiculidae Gray 1847 Cyrenidae Cyrenidae Gray 1840 Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811 Corbicula fluminea (Müller 1774) Asian Clam Polymesoda Rafinesque 1820 Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc 1801) Carolina Marshclam Polymesoda maritima d’Orbigny 1842 Southern Marshclam Dreissenidae Gray 1840 Dreissena van Beneden 1835 Dreissena bugensis Andrusov 1897 Quagga Mussel Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas 1771) Zebra Mussel Mytilopsis Conrad 1857 Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad 1831) Dark Falsemussel Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz 1849) Santo Domingo Falsemussel Mactridae Lamarck 1809 Rangia cuneata (Sowerby 1831) Atlantic Rangia Margaritanidae Ortmann 1911 Margaritiferidae Margaritiferidae Henderson 1929 Margaritifera Schumacher 1816 Margaritifera falcata (Gould 1850) Western Pearlshell Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus 1758) Eastern Pearlshell Margaritifera marrianae Johnson 1983 Alabama Pearlshell Mycetopodidae Gray 1840 Anodontites trapesialis Lamarck 1819 Table Latin Floater Sphaeriidae Deshayes 1855 Eupera Bourguignat 1854 Eupera cubensis (Prime 1865) Mottled Fingernailclam Musculium Link 1807 Musculium lacustre (Müller 1774) Lake Fingernailclam Musculium partumeium (Say 1822) Swamp Fingernailclam Musculium securis (Prime 1852) Pond Fingernailclam Musculium transversum (Say 1829) Long Fingernailclam Pisidium Pfeiffer 1821 Pisidium adamsi Stimpson 1851 Adam Peaclam List of Bivalve Mollusk Taxa xx Family/Scientific Name Author and Date Common Name/Synonym Pisidium casertanum (Poli 1791) Ubiquitous Peaclam Pisidium compressum Prime 1852 Ridgebeak Peaclam Pisidium dubium (Say 1817) Greater Eastern Peaclam Pisidium punctiferum (Guppy 1867) Striate Peaclam Pisidium nitidum Jenyns 1832 Shiny Peaclam Sphaerium Scopoli 1777 Sphaerium occidentale Prime 1853 Herrington Fingernailclam Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck 1818) Striated Fingernailclam Unionidae Rafinesque 1820 Alasmidonta Say 1818 Alasmidonta arcula (Lea 1838) Altamaha Arcmussel Alasmidonta mccordi Athearn 1964 Coosa Elktoe Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea 1858) Southern Elktoe Alasmidonta undulata (Say 1817) Triangle Floater Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker 1901) Ochlockonee Arcmussel Amblema Rafinesque 1820 Amblema costata Rafinesque 1820 Amblema plicata Amblema elliottii (Lea 1856) Coosa Fiveridge Amblema neislerii (Lea 1858) Fat Threeridge Amblema perplicata Conrad 1841 Amblema plicata Amblema plicata (Say 1817) Threeridge Anodon Oken 1815 Anodonta Lamarck 1799 Anodonta couperiana Lea 1840 Barrel Floater Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus 1758) Swan Mussel Anodonta ferussacianus Lea 1834 Anodontoides ferussacianus Anodonta globosa Lea 1841 Pyganodon grandis Anodonta hartfieldorum Williams, Bogan, & Garner 2009 Cypress Floater Anodonta heardi Gordon & Hoeh 1995 Apalachicola Floater Anodonta imbecillis Say 1829 Utterbackia imbecillis Anodonta suborbiculata Say 1831 Flat Floater Anodontoides Simpson 1898 Anodontoides denigrata (Lea 1852) Cumberland Papershell Anodontoides elliottii (Lea 1858) Anodontoides radiatus Anodontoides ferussacianus (Lea 1834) Cylindrical Papershell Anodontoides radiatus (Conrad 1834) Rayed Creekshell Carunculina Simpson 1898 Carunculina parva (Barnes 1823) Toxolasma parvum Carunculina vesicularis (Lea 1872) Villosa amygdalum Elliptio Rafinesque 1819 Elliptio ahenea (Lea 1843) Southern Lance Elliptio arctata (Conrad 1834) Delicate Spike Elliptio buckleyi (Lea 1843) Elliptio jayensis List of Bivalve Mollusk Taxa xxi Family/Scientific Name Author and Date Common Name/Synonym Elliptio caloosaensis (Dall 1898) no common name Elliptio chipolaensis (Walker 1905) Chipola Slabshell Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot 1786) Eastern Elliptio Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck 1819) Elephantear Elliptio crassidens incrassatus (Lea 1840) Elliptio crassidens Elliptio dariensis (Lea 1842) Georgia Elephantear Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque 1820) Spike Elliptio downiei (Lea 1858) Satilla Elephantear Elliptio fraterna (Lea 1852) Brother Spike Elliptio fumata (Lea 1857) Gulf Slabshell Elliptio hazlehurstianus (Lea 1858) Satilla Spike Elliptio icterina (Conrad 1834) Variable Spike Elliptio jayensis (Lea 1838) Florida Spike Elliptio maywebbae B.H. Wright 1934 Elliptio jayensis Elliptio mcmichaeli Clench & Turner 1956 Fluted Elephantear Elliptio monroensis (Lea 1843) St. Johns Elephantear Elliptio nigella (Lea 1852) Winged Spike Elliptio occulta (Lea 1843) Hidden Spike Elliptio pachyodon Pilsbry 1953 no common name Elliptio pullata (Lea 1856) Gulf Spike Elliptio purpurella (Lea 1857) Inflated Spike Elliptio strigosa (Lea 1840) Elliptio arctata Elliptio waltoni (B.H. Wright 1888) Elliptio ahenea Elliptoideus Frierson 1927 Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea 1840) Purple Bankclimber Fusconaia Simpson 1900 Fusconaia apalachicola Williams & Fradkin 1999 Reginaia apalachicola Fusconaia barnesiana (Lea 1838) Pleuronaia barnesiana Fusconaia burkei (Walker 1922) Tapered Pigtoe Fusconaia ebenus (Lea 1831) Reginaia ebenus Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner 1956 Narrow Pigtoe Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque 1820) Wabash Pigtoe Fusconaia rotulata (B.H. Wright 1899) Reginaia rotulata Fusconaia succissa (Lea 1852) Quadrula...