MolluscaBase name details
Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823)
857851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:857851)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
- Subspecies Megalonaias gigantea boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840) accepted as Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857851 on 2025-09-11
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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]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1943). An interesting cache. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(4): 144 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520259 [details]
additional source Chamberlain, T. K. (1933). Ages and shell measurements of two large specimens of <i>Megalonaias gigantea</i> (Barnes). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(1): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522598 [details]
additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]
additional source Bartsch, P. (1943). An interesting cache. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(4): 144 [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520259 [details]
additional source Chamberlain, T. K. (1933). Ages and shell measurements of two large specimens of <i>Megalonaias gigantea</i> (Barnes). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(1): 29-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522598 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854705 Exterior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854705 Interior)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 854705 Interior)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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