Bivalvia

(Mussels & Clams)

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Synonyms:  Anodon henryana
                   Anodon horda Gould
                                          (Binney 1863)
                   Anodon hordeum Simpson
                                           (Frierson 1927)
                   Anodonta henryana Lea
                                            (Simpson 1900 & 1914)
                   Anodonta imbecilis henryiana (Lea)
                                           (Neck & Metcalf 1984)
                   Anodonta ohioensis Rafinesque
                                           (Bachtel 1940; Frierson 1927; RET Inc. 1974; Strecker 1931)
                   Anodonta ohioensis horda Gould
                                           (Frierson 1927; Strecker 1931)
                   Lampsilis laevissimus (Lea)
                                           (Simpson 1900,1914; Strecker 1908)
                   Leptodea laevissima (Lea)
                                           (Burch 1973; Flook & Uhelaker 1972; Golightly 1982; Murray & Roy 1968; Read 1954; RET Inc.
                                             1974; Riggs & Webb 1956; Sublette 1953, 1955)
                   Potamilus laevissimus (Lea)
                                            (Britton et al. 1972; Cheatum, Fullington & Pratt 1972; Mauldin 1972; Neck FBLA 1989; White &
                                             White 1977b)
                   Proptera laevissima (Lea)
                                            (Calnan 1976; Gordon 1984; Parks Cory et al. 1938; Strecker 1931)
                   Unio laevissimus Lea
                                             (Vaughn 1893)

1863 Binney

1893 Vaughn

1900 Simpson
1908 Strecker

1914 Simpson

1927 Frierson

1931 Strecker
1938 Parks Cory et al.

1940 Bachtel

1953 Sublette
1954 Read
1955 Sublette
1956 Riggs & Webb

[1968 Murray & Roy]

1972 Britton et al.
1972 Cheatum Fullington
         Pratt
1972 Flook & Uhelaker
1972 Mauldin
[1973 Burch]
[1974 RET Inc.]
1976 Calnan
1977 White & White
1977b White & White

1982 Golightly
1984 Gordon
1984 Neck & Metcalf
1989 Neck FBLA
1989a Neck FBAL

1993 Vidrine
1994 Howells DSFB105
1995 Howells DSFB119
1996 Howells DSFB125
1996 Howells et al.
1997 Howells
1977b Howells
1997 Howells DSFB144
1997 Howells FMWRS
1998a Howells FMO
1998 Howells DSFB147
1999 Howells DSFB161

2000 Howells
2005 Caldeira

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

notes:

-requires moving water (Neck PAEZ 1982); small to large rivers around sand and gravel bars (Baker 1928 & Parmalee 1967 both in White & White 1977b); occurs in shallow flowing waters (Oesch 1984)

-occurs in all kinds of substrates but especially in sand and sand & silt (White & White 1977b); seems to prefer soft mud bottoms (Read 1954)

-also reported from southern Texas (Simpson 1914) and southwest Texas (Frierson 1927) and the lower Rio Grande system (Neck & Metcalf 1984)