MolluscaBase - Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)

(of Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160342 on 2024-11-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-05-31 07:42:56Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Lampsilis fullerkati R. I. Johnson, 1984) Johnson, R. I. (1984). A new mussel, Lampsilis (Lampsilis) fullerkati (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina, with a list of the other unionid species of the Waccamaw River system. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, 4(63): 305-319, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4320709 [details]

original description (of Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome 6(1): vi + 343 pp. Paris: published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 79 [details]

original description (of Unio tenebrosus Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 42, pl. 7, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Unio melinus Conrad, 1838) Conrad, T. A. (1835-1838). Monography of the family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells), of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Dobson. 1: 1-12, pls 1-5 [1835]; 8: 65-72, pls. 36-40 [1837]; 10: 81-94, pls 46-51 [1838]; 11: 95-102, pls 52-56 [1838]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4206381
page(s): 101, pl. 45, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Unio conspicuus I. Lea, 1872) Lea, I. (1872). Descriptions of twenty-nine species of Unionidae from the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 24: 155-161 [3 September 1872]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1693462
page(s): 156 [details]

original description (of Unio obliquiradiatus Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. & Sowerby, G. B. II. (1864-1868). Monograph of the genus Unio. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 16, pl 1- and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. Publication dates: pls 2-13 [Aug 1864], 14 [Sep 1864], 15-18 [Nov 1864], 19-20 [Jan 1865], 21-25 [Apr 1865], 26-30 [Jun 1865; pl. 30 as “1856”], 31-38 [Mar 1866], 39-42 [May 1866], 43-46 [Aug 1866], 47-54 [Nov 1866], 55-56 [Jun 1867], 57-60 [Sep 1867], 61-68 [Jan 1868], 69-76 [Mar 1868], 77-84 [Jul 1868], 85-93 [Sep 1868], 1, 94-96, Errata & Remarks [Oct 1868, by G. B. Sowerby II]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133053 [details]

original description (of Unio borealis A. F. Gray, 1882) Gray, A. F. (1882). Description of a new Unio from the Ottawa River, Canada. Transactions of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 1(3): 53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13108164
page(s): 53 [details]

original description (of Unio radiatoides I. Lea, 1868 †) Lea, I. (1868). Descriptions of Unionidae from the Lower Cretaceous Formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 162-164 [after 30 June 1868, before 2 December 1868]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9768311
page(s): 163 [details]

basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Graf, D. & Cummings, K. (2007). Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73(4): 291-314. [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 Nylander, O. O. (1930). Lampsilis radiata Gmel. in Aroostook County, Maine. The Nautilus. 44(2): 69-70., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514927 [details]

additional source Counts, C. L., III., Dingess, J. M. & Joy, J. E. (1977). The electrocardiogram of the freshwater bivalve Lampsilis radiata (Bivalvia: Unionidae),. The Nautilus. 91(3): 105-107, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273625 [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]

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