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Freshwater Mussels of Kansas: Register of Taxa, Synonyms, and Assumed Misidentifications Mark E Fort Hays State University FHSU Scholars Repository Biology Faculty Papers Biology 10-31-2017 Freshwater Mussels of Kansas: Register of Taxa, Synonyms, and Assumed Misidentifications Mark E. Eberle Fort Hays State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholars.fhsu.edu/biology_facpubs Part of the Biodiversity Commons, and the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Eberle, Mark E., "Freshwater Mussels of Kansas: Register of Taxa, Synonyms, and Assumed Misidentifications" (2017). Biology Faculty Papers. 4. http://scholars.fhsu.edu/biology_facpubs/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Biology at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Biology Faculty Papers by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. Freshwater Mussels of Kansas: Register of Taxa, Synonyms, and Assumed Misidentifications Mark E. Eberle Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas 67601 [email protected] Report Number 63, State Biological Survey of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas USA First printed version: 21 November 1994 Revised printed version: 2 October 1998 Latest digital version: 31 October 2017 The literature on the mussels (Mollusca: Margaritiferidae Recommended names of species and probable and Unionidae) of Kansas includes a collection of names of distributions of species in Kansas were taken from the species and subspecies that makes it difficult for even summaries by Turgeon et al. (1988) and Williams et al. experienced malacologists to decipher which taxa actually (1993), with updates from Campbell and Lydeard (2012) and were collected. Compounding this problem is the absence of Serb et al. (2003). Scientific and common names of species voucher specimens for some of the studies conducted in the assumed to be extant or extirpated members of the Kansas state. It is hoped this list will aid those who are conducting fauna are highlighted in bold print. research on mussels and want to assess their results relative Within the list, an equals sign (=) indicates that the first to earlier accounts. name given is not recognized as a valid taxon and is a To accomplish this, the index can be useful in two ways. synonym of the second name given. In some instances, a You can take the currently accepted name of a taxon to misidentification is assumed, with the second (or third) name check for publications that included that name (listed under given likely representing the specimen collected in Kansas. the name). Also listed are taxa that represent probable With molecular studies of species, genera, and higher taxa synonyms or assumed misidentifications (under come possible changes in names assigned to Kansas species. “Synonyms”). Entries for each of these names will provide Much confusion and debate remain, and this list takes a additional references that referred to the species by these conservative approach until changes become widely other names. You also can start with the name of a taxon accepted. Thus, subgenera that might be elevated to genera from one of the published references and find that name in are sometimes listed, and notes of explanation are included the list. This will provide you with a scientific name that is with some species. Explanatory comments accompany currently recommended. Without checking voucher several entries. specimens, it is assumed that the author was referring to this Studies continue to be published on the unionid mussels species. Preferred common names are given with entries for of Kansas, which prompts electronic revisions to this list. Of the currently accepted scientific names. particular note is the summary by Angelo et al. (2009) of This alphabetical list of valid taxa, synonyms, and historical distributions and conservation status of 48 species assumed misidentifications of freshwater mussels in Kansas of freshwater mussels in Kansas. Most species are declining is drawn from the literature and not an examination of as their aquatic habitats are altered. Also worthy of mention specimens. The primary references used to provide probable is the guide to Kansas mussels beautifully illustrated by synonyms were those by Burch (1975), Cope (1979), Murray Karen Couch (1997). The color illustrations are an invaluable and Leonard (1962), and Oesch (1984). R. Angelo (Kansas aid in the identification of species in this group. Department of Health and Environment), W. Busby (Kansas Biological Survey), C. Cope and E. Miller (Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks), D. Distler and D. Bleam (Wichita State University), D. Mulhern (US Fish and Wildlife Service), and B. Obermeyer (The Nature Conservancy) reviewed the register, and they offered corrections and helpful suggestions. Comments by Call (1885-1887) and Isely (1925) in their publications also were used, as were additional references noted in the list. Actinonaias carinata (Barnes) = Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck) or Amblema plicata (Say), THREERIDGE possibly misidentified specimens of Lampsilis rafinesqueana Angelo et al. (2007) Frierson. See comments under Actinonaias ligamentina. Angelo et al. (2009) Branson (1966a, 1966c) Bergman et al. (2000) Murray and Leonard (1962) Bleam et al. (1998) Schuster (1979) Combes and Edds (2005) Actinonaias ellipsiformis (Conrad) = Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Cope (1983a, 1985) (Conrad) Dean et al. (2002) DuBois (1981) Distler and Bleam (1995) Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck), MUCKET Might be misidentified specimens of Lampsilis rafinesqueana DuBois (1981) Frierson. Specimens from the Missouri River basin Hoke (1996, 1997, 2004, 2005) probably are A. ligamentina. Specimens from the Liechti and Huggins (1977) Neosho/Spring River (Arkansas River) basin could be Metcalf (1980, 1983) either species (see Mulhern et al. 2002). Miller (1978) Angelo et al. (2009) Miller (1992) Dorsey (2000) Miller (1993) Liechti and Huggins (1977) Miller and Lynott (2006) Mulhern et al. (2002) Miller and Mosher (2008) Obermeyer et al. (1995) Miller et al. (2014) Schuster and DuBois (1979) Mosher (2007) Tiemann (2006) Obermeyer (1997) Synonyms: Obermeyer (1998) Actinonaias carinata (Barnes) Obermeyer et al. (1995) Actinonaias ligamentina carinata (Barnes) Obermeyer et al. (1997a) Lampsilis ligamentina (Lamarck) Lampsilis ligamentina gibba Simpson Obermeyer et al. (1997b) Lampsilis powellii (I. Lea) Pilger and Gido (2012) Lampsilis rafinesqueana Frierson Schuster (1979) Unio ligamentina Lamarck Schuster and DuBois (1979) Unio powellii Lea Sherraden-Chance and Edds (2004) Actinonaias ligamentina carinata (Barnes) = A. ligamentina (Lamarck) Tiemann (2006) or possibly misidentified specimens of Lampsilis rafinesqueana Vanleeuwen and Arruda (2001) Frierson. See comments under Actinonaias ligamentina. Welch et al. (2011) Cope (1985) Wolf and Stark (2008) Alasmidonta marginata Say, ELKTOE Synonyms: Angelo et al. (2009) Amblema costata Rafinesque Branson (1966a, 1966c) Amblema peruviana (Lamarck) Cope (1979, 1985) Crenodonta peruviana (Lamarck) Distler and Bleam (1987) Quadrula perplicata (Conrad) Liechti and Huggins (1977) Quadrula plicata (Say) Obermeyer et al. (1995) Quadrula undulata (Barnes) Obermeyer et al. (1997a) Unio plicata Say Unio undulatus Barnes Obermeyer et al. (1997b) Anodonta arkansasensis I. Lea = probably misidentified specimens Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque), SLIPPERSHELL of Strophitus undulatus (Say). Villosa arkansasensis (I. Lea), MUSSEL OUACHITA CREEKSHELL, occurs only in Arkansas and Angelo et al. (2009) Oklahoma (Williams et al. 1993) Bleam and Distler (1996) Call (1885b, 1885c, 1885d, 1886, 1887) Obermeyer et al. (1997b) Popenoe (1885) Amblema costata Rafinesque = Amblema plicata (Say) Anodonta bealii I. Lea = Pyganodon grandis (Say) Branson (1966a, 1966c) Call (1885b, 1885c, 1885d, 1887) Franzen and Leonard (1943) Anodonta danielsii I. Lea = Pyganodon grandis (Say) Leonard and Leonard (1946) Call (1885b, 1885c, 1885d, 1886, 1887) Wedel (1959) Popenoe (1885) Amblema peruviana (Lamarck) = Amblema plicata (Say) Scammon (1906) Branson (1966b) Anodonta decora I. Lea = Pyganodon grandis (Say) Call (1887) 2 Anodonta dejecta Lewis = Pyganodon grandis (Say)? Anodontoides ferussacianus (I. Lea), CYLINDRICAL Call (1887) PAPERSHELL Anodonta edentula Say = Strophitus undulatus (Say) Angelo et al. (2009) Call (1885d, 1886, 1887) [as: A. edentulata] Bergman et al. (2000) Anodonta ferussaciana I. Lea = Anodontoides ferussacianus (I. Lea) Cope (1979) Call (1885b, 1885c, 1887) [as: Anodonta ferrussacianus] Dorsey (2000) Anodonta grandis Say = Pyganodon grandis (Say) Eberle, Ernsting, and Tomelleri (1986) Branson (1966a, 1966b, 1966c) Hoke (1996, 1997, 2004, 2005) Call (1885b, 1885c, 1885d, 1886, 1887) Karlin et al. (2017) Clark and Gillette (1911) Pilger and Gido (2012) Cope (1983a, 1983b, 1985) Scammon (1906) DuBois (1981) Schuster and DuBois (1979) Eberle, Ernsting, and Tomelleri (1986) Sowards et al. (2016) Franzen and Leonard (1943) Tiemann (2006) Isely (1925) Synonyms: Leonard and Leonard (1946) Anodonta ferussaciana I. Lea Leonard (1943) Arcidens confragosus (Say), ROCK-POCKETBOOK Liechti and Huggins (1977) Angelo et al. (2009) Metcalf (1980, 1983) Cope (1979) Miller (1966, 1970) Hoke (1996) Murray and Leonard (1962) Mulhern et al. (2002) Popenoe (1885) Murray and Leonard (1962) Scammon (1906) Obermeyer et al. (1995) Schuster (1978, 1979) Wolf and Stark (2008) Schuster and DuBois (1979) Carunculina parva (Barnes) = Toxolasma
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