Bivalvia

(Mussels & Clams)

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Synonyms:  Lampsilis concestator Lea
                                          (Simpson 1900)
                   Lampsilis lienosa (Conrad)
                                           (Bachtel 1940; Frierson 1902; Frierson & Frierson 1902; Murray & Roy 1968; RET Inc. 1974;
                                             Strecker 1931)
                   Lampsilis nigerrimus Lea
                                           (Frierson 1911; Frierson & Frierson 1902; Simpson 1900,1914)
                   Ligumia lienosa Conrad
                                           (Parks Cory et al. 1938)
                   Unio concestator
                   Unio concestator
                   Unio lienosa
                   Unio nigerrimus Lea
                                           (Frierson 1899, 1911)

1899 Frierson

1900 Simpson
1902 Frierson
1902 Frierson & Frierson
1904 Simpson

1911 Frierson
[1914 Simpson]

1931 Strecker
1938 Parks Cory et al.

1940 Bachtel

[1968 Murray & Roy]

[1974 RET Inc.]
1976 Calnan

1982 Golightly
1989b Vidrine

1992 Shafer et al.
1993 Vidrine
1996 Howells DSFB120
1996 Howells et al.
1997 Howells
1998 Feaster

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

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

notes:

-First Texas Record, as Lampsilis lienosa, reported by Frierson & Frierson (1902)

-a highly variable species (Vidrine 1993)

-reported from the Big Thicket area (Parks Cory et al. 1938)