Bivalvia

(Mussels & Clams)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Amblema costata Rafinesque
                                         (Parks, Cory et al. 1938; Read 1954; Murray & Roy 1968; Flook & Ubelaker 1972; Burch 1973)
                  Amblema perplicata elliottii (Lea)
                  Amblema plicata perplicata (Conrad)
                                         (Strecker 1930; Bachtel 1940; Wurtz 1950; RET Inc. 1974)
                  Amblema plicata plicata
                                         (McIntosh 1977)
                  Quadrula elliotti Lea
                                          (Simpson 1900, 1914)
                  Quadrula perplicata (Conrad)
                                          (Simpson 1914)
                  Quadrula undulata laticostata (Lea)
                                          (Simnpson 1914)
                  Quadrula plicata Baker
                  Unio plicat(-a,-us) Say
                  Unio latecostatus
                  Unio pauciplicatus Lea
                                          (Wright 1898)
                  Unio perplicatus Conrad
                                          (Frierson 1891, 1899; Pilsbry 1891; Williamson 1896)
                  Unio plicatus Lea
                                   (Pilsbry 1891)
                  Unio undulatus

As Subspecies:
                  Amblema plicata costata Rafinesque
                                         (Strecker 1931; Bachtel 1940; RET Inc. 1974)
                 

1891 Pilsbry
1896 Williamson
1898 Wright
1899 Frierson

[1900 Simpson]

1911 Frierson
[1914 Simpson]

1931 Strecker
1938 Parks, Cory et al.

1940 Bachtel

1950 Wurtz
1954 Read

[1968 Murray & Roy]

1972 Cheatum Fullington
         Pratt
1972 Flook & Ubelaker
1972 Mauldin
[1973 Burch]
1974 RET Inc.
1976 Calnan
1977 McIntosh
1979 Horne & McIntosh

1989 Mather
1989b Vidrine

1990 Neck GSA
1992 Schafer et al.
1993 Vidrine
1994 Howells DSFB105
1995 Howells DSFB119
1996 Howells DSFB120
1996 Howells DSFB125
1996 Howells et al.
1996 Quinn et al.
1997 Howells
1997 Howells DSFB144
1998 Howells MDS147
1999 Howells DSFB161

2000 Howells
2000 Howells Mather
         Bergman
2004 Bordelon & Harrel
2005 Caldeira
2006 Ford & Nicholson

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-classification is confused and both elongate and rounded forms occur in Texas

-Amblema plicata is the dominant bivalve in Lake Worth ad in Eagle Mountain Reservoir (Mauldin 1972)

-prefers large flood plain pools with moderate to good water quality (Quinn et al. 1996)

-in Texas, especially abundant in firm mud and fine gravel mixes (Howells et al. 1996)

-collected only as "long dead" in the following counties; Comance, Hamilton (also as subfossil); collected only as "subfossil" in the following counties; Coke, Coleman, Erath, Fayette, Hamilton (also as long dead) (Howells reports)