MolluscaBase taxon details
Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
857346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857346)
accepted
Species
Amblema (Megalonaias) gigantea (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted
Amblema (Megalonaias) heros (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Amblema boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Amblema gigantea (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted
Crenodonta boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lampsilis (Ligumia) nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Ligumia nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Margarita (Unio) multiplicatus (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Margaron (Unio) boykinianus (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) eightsii (I. Lea, 1860) · unaccepted
Margaron (Unio) multiplicatus (I. Lea, 1831) · unaccepted (recombination)
Megalonaias boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megalonaias gigantea boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Megalonaias heros (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Megalonaias triumphans (B. H. Wright, 1898) · unaccepted
Quadrula (Crenodonta) boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Quadrula (Crenodonta) heros (Say, 1829) · unaccepted
Quadrula boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted
Quadrula heros (Say, 1829) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Quadrula triumphans (B. H. Wright, 1898) · unaccepted
Tritogonia nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Unio boykinianus I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted
Unio eightsii I. Lea, 1860 · unaccepted
Unio giganteus Barnes, 1823 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Unio heros Say, 1829 · unaccepted
Unio multiplicatus I. Lea, 1831 · unaccepted (original combination)
Unio triumphans B. H. Wright, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 296, pl. 80, figs. 8-10 [details]
page(s): 296, pl. 80, figs. 8-10 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857346 on 2025-04-30
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original description
(of Unio multiplicatus I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 70, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 296, pl. 80, figs. 8-10 [details]
original description (of Unio heros Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; Containing Hints to the Youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(19): 291-293 [23 September 1829].
page(s): 293 [details]
original description (of Unio boykinianus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Unio eightsii I. Lea, 1860) Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of seven new species of Unionidae from the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 306-307 [7 August 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1801247
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Unio triumphans B. H. Wright, 1898) Wright, B. H. (1898). A new undulate <i>Unio</i> from Alabama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 11(9): 101-102., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774669 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
page(s): 70, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. <em>Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques.</em> 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 296, pl. 80, figs. 8-10 [details]
original description (of Unio heros Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; Containing Hints to the Youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(19): 291-293 [23 September 1829].
page(s): 293 [details]
original description (of Unio boykinianus I. Lea, 1840) Lea, I. (1840). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 1(13): 284-289 [6 November]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34513003
page(s): 288 [details]
original description (of Unio eightsii I. Lea, 1860) Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of seven new species of Unionidae from the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 306-307 [7 August 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1801247
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Unio triumphans B. H. Wright, 1898) Wright, B. H. (1898). A new undulate <i>Unio</i> from Alabama. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 11(9): 101-102., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774669 [details]
basis of record Williams, J. D., Bogan, A. E. & Garner, J. T. (2008). Freshwater mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. <em>University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.</em> 908 pp. [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | washboard | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (79 barcodes)
To Conchology (Megalonaias nervosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalonaias nervosa)
To GenBank (103 nucleotides; 28597 proteins)
To GenBank (103 nucleotides; 28597 proteins) (from synonym Megalonaias boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 150554 Unio trimphans Holotype) (from synonym Unio triumphans B. H. Wright, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 83991 Unio eightsii Type) (from synonym Unio eightsii I. Lea, 1860)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854705 Exterior) (from synonym Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823))
To Conchology (Megalonaias nervosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalonaias nervosa)
To GenBank (103 nucleotides; 28597 proteins)
To GenBank (103 nucleotides; 28597 proteins) (from synonym Megalonaias boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 150554 Unio trimphans Holotype) (from synonym Unio triumphans B. H. Wright, 1898)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 83991 Unio eightsii Type) (from synonym Unio eightsii I. Lea, 1860)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854705 Exterior) (from synonym Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823))
