Missouri Freshwater Mussel Species

Family Margaritiferidae

Genus Cumberlandia
Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Family Unionidae

Genus Utterbakia
Utterbakia imbecilis (Say, 1829)

Genus Anodonta
Anodonta suborbiculata (Say, 1829)

Genus Pyganodon
Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Genus Anodontoides
Anodontoides ferussacianus (I. Lea, 1834)

Genus Strophitus
Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Genus Alasmidonta
Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Arcidens
Arcidens confragosus (Say, 1829)

Genus Simpsonaias
Simpsonaias ambigua (Say, 1825)

Genus Lasmigona
Lasmigona complanata complanata (Barnes, 1823)
Lasmigona costata
(Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Megalonaias
Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Plectomerus
Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Genus Tritogonia
Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Quadrula
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
Quadrula pustulosa pustulosa
(I. Lea, 1831)
Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817)
Quadrula metanevra
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Quadrula nodulata
(Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Amblema
Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Genus Fusconia
Fusconia ebena (I. Lea, 1831)
Fusconia flava
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Fusconia ozarkensis
(Call, 1887)

Genus Cyclonaias
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Plethobasus
Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Pleurobema
Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Eliptio
Eliptio crassidens (Lamark, 1819)
Eliptio dilitata
(Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Uniomerus
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1830)

Genus Ptychobranchus 
Ptychobranchus occidentalis
(Conrad, 1836)

Genus Obliquaria
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Genus Cyprogenia
Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

Genus Actinonaias
Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamark, 1819)

Genus Venustaconcha
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
(Conrad, 1836)
Venustaconcha pleasii
(Marsh, 1891)

Genus Elipsaria
Elipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Obovaria
Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)
Obovaria jacksoniana
(Frierson, 1912)

Genus Truncilla
Truncilla donaciformis (I. Lea, 1828)
Truncilla truncata
Rafinesque, 1820

Genus Leptodea
Leptodea leptodon (Rafinesque, 1820)
Leptodea fragilis
(Rafinesque, 1820)

Genus Potamilus
Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)
Potamilus purpuratus
(Lamark, 1819)
Potamilus ohiensis
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Potamilus capax
(Green, 1832)

Genus Toxolasma
Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823)
Toxolasma lividus
(Rafinesque, 1831)
Toxolasma texasiensis
(I. Lea, 1857) - ??? not included in Oesch, 1984, but referenced in Parmalee and Bogen, 1998:233.

Genus Ligumia
Ligumia recta (Lamark, 1819)
Ligumia subrostrata
(Say, 1831)

Genus Villosa
Villosa iris (I. Lea, 1829)
Villosa lienosa
(Conrad, 1834)

Genus Lampsilis
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)
Lampsilis abrupta
(Say, 1831) - as L. orbiculata Hildreth in Oesch, 1984
Lampsilis cardium
Rafinesque, 1820 - as  L. ventricosa Barnes in Oesch, 1984.
Lampsilis rafinesqueana
Frierson, 1927
Lampsilis siliquoidea
(Barnes, 1823) - as L. radiata luteola (Lamark) in Oesch, 1984.
Lampsilis reeveiana brevicula
(Call, 1887)
Lampsilis reeveiana brittsi
Simpson, 1900
Lampsilis reeveiana reeveiana
(I. Lea, 1852)

Genus Epioblasma
Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)
Epioblasma florentina curtisii
(Frierson & Utterback, 1916)

Family Corbiculidae (Introduced)

Genus Corbicula
Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774) - as C. laena Prime, 1864 in Oesch, 1984

Family Dreissenidae (Introduced)

Genus Dreissena
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) - not listed in Oesch, 1984

Family Sphaeriidae

not listed here

 


1.  Checklist derived from species listed in R. D. Oesch, 1984,  Missouri Naiades, A Guide to the Mussels of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, with names updated to conform to Turgeon, D. D., et. al., 1998, Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada, Mollusks, 2nd edition, American Malacological Union.