Bivalvia

(Mussels & Clams)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Amblema dombeyana Valenciennes
                                          (Strecker 1931; Bachtel 1940; RET Inc. 1974; Vidrine 1989b)
                   Plectomerus trapezoides (Lea)
                                           (Murray & Roy 1968)
                   Quadrula trapezoides Lea
                                            (Frierson 1902; Frierson & Frierson 1902; Simpson 1900, 1914)
                   Unio dombeyana Valenciennes
                   Unio trapezoides Lea
                                            (Frierson 1899, 1911; Pilsbry 1891; Vaughn 1893)

1891 Pilsbry
1893 Vaughn
1899 Frierson

1900 Simpson
1902 Frierson
1902 Frierson & Frierson

1911 Frierson
1913 Shiva
1914 Simpson

1931 Strecker
1938 Parks Cory et al.

1940 Bachtel

1954 Read

[1968 Murray & Roy]

[1973 Burch]
1974 RET Inc.

1986a Neck FBLT
[1989 Pennak]
1989b Vidrine

1992 Shafer et al.
1993 Vidrine
1995 Howells DSFB119
1996 Howells DSFB120
1996b Howells DSFB125
1996 Howells et al.
1997 Howells
1997 Howells DSFB144
1998 Ansley
1999 Howells DSFB161

2000 Howells
2000 Howells Mather
         Bergman
2004 Bordelon & Harrel
2006 Ford & Nicholson
[2008 NatureServe]

notes:

-most abundant in slow moving but generally large streams with sandy substrates (Neck FBLT 1986); very common in mud substrate (Bachtel 1940); in mud and gravel or mud and rock (Howells et al. 1996)