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Uniomerus carolinianus  (Bosc, 1801)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 568431

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Uniomerus caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
  
    Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831)
  
    Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801
  
    Unio obesus Lea, 1831
  
    Unio blandingianus Lea, 1834
  
    Unio paludicolus Gould, 1845
  
    Unio ineptus Lea, 1852
  
    Unio hebes Lea, 1852
  
    Unio cicur Lea, 1861
  
    Unio squalidus Lea, 1863
  
    Unio bisselianus Lea, 1867
  
    Unio jewettii Lea, 1867
  
    Unio pawensis Lea, 1868
  
    Unio rivicolus Conrad, 1868
  
  Common Name(s): Florida pondhorn [English]
  
    eastern pondhorn [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderUnionida   
                            SuperfamilyUnionoidea Rafinesque, 1820  
                               FamilyUnionidae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                  SubfamilyAmbleminae Rafinesque, 1820  
                                     TribeQuadrulini Ihering, 1901  
                                        GenusUniomerus Conrad, 1853  
                                           SpeciesUniomerus carolinianus (Bosc, 1801) – Florida pondhorn, eastern pondhorn  
       

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  Source: FMCS checklist of freshwater mussels (2021), PDF (version 09Aug2021)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS). Updated 09/08/2021. The 2021 checklist of freshwater bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Considered and approved by the Bivalve Names Subcommittee December 2020   
  Reference for: Uniomerus carolinianus, eastern pondhorn [English]   
       
  Source: MUSSEL Project Web Site (2023), website (version 15Nov2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Graf, D. L. & K. S. Cummings. 2023. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), accessed 15 Nov 2023. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net   
  Reference for: Uniomerus carolinianus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Uniomerus carolinianus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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