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From: Biodiversity of Freshwater Mussels in the Lower Great Lakes Drainage Basin
J.L. Metcalfe-Smith, S.K. Staton, G.L. Mackie and N.M. Lane

Table 2. Partial Synonymy.

The following list of synonyms was primarily taken from Clarke (1981), La Rocque (1953), and Robertson and Blakeslee (1948). This synonymy is not complete, but the majority of the more important and widely used synonyms of the past 50 years will be found here. Species for which the nomenclature has changed are arranged in alphabetical order, listing the currently accepted name first (as per Williams et al. 1993).
Actinonaias ligamentina = Actinonaias carinata
Alasmidonta viridis
= Alasmidonta calceola
Amblema plicata plicata
= Amblema plicata = Amblema costata
Elliptio complanata
= Elliptio complanatus
Elliptio dilatata
= Elliptio dilatatus
Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua
 = Dysonomia obliquata = Plagiola obliquata = Dysonomia sulcata delicata
Epioblasma torulosa rangiana
= Dysonomia torulosa rangiana = Plagiola torulosa = Dysonomia rangiana
Epioblasma triquetra
= Dysonomia triquetra = Plagiola triquetra
Lampsilis fasciola
= Ligumia fasciola
Lampsilis ovata
= Lampsilis cardium(?) = Lampsilis ventricosa
Lampsilis radiata radiata
= Lampsilis radiata
Lampsilis siliquoidea
= Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea = Lampsilis radiata luteola
Lasmigona complanata complanata
= Lasmigona complanata
Obovaria subrotunda
= Obovaria leibii
Pleurobema coccineum
= Pleurobema cordatum = Pleurobema sintoxia
Potamilus alatus
= Proptera alata
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
= Ptychobranchus fasciolare
Pyganodon cataracta
= Anodonta cataracta cataracta
Pyganodon grandis
= Anodonta grandis grandis
Quadrula pustulosa pustulosa
= Quadrula pustulosa
Simpsonaias ambigua
= Simpsoniconcha ambigua
Strophitus undulatus
= Strophitus rugosus
Toxolasma parvus
= Carunculina parva
Utterbackia imbecillis
= Anodonta imbecilis
Villosa fabalis
= Micromya fabalis
Villosa iris
= Micromya iris

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