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Scientific and Common Names of Freshwater Bivalves of the US and Canada

Summary of changes made in 2023 to the Williams et al. (2017) list.
Download a PDF of the list.

Currently, the bivalve list includes those in the order Unionida in the U.S. and Canada.

Petitions to modify this list can be submitted to the appropriate subcommittee using this form. Petitions will be reviewed and voted on at the next biannual meeting of the names subcommittee.
Please send petitions to the bivalve names subcommittee chair,
John Harris - Omibob1@gmail.com

2025 Symposium Bivalve Petition
2025 Symposium Bivalve Agenda
FMCS members who want to attend the bivalve names meeting remotely:
contact John Harris at omibob1@gmail.com and request the link.

BIVALVE NAMES SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chair: John HARRIS - Arkansas State University - (Omibob1@gmail.com)

Voting Members:
Arthur E. Bogan (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)
Andrew Henderson (Asheville Field Office, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Nathan A. Johnson (U. S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL)
John M. Pfeiffer (U. S. National Museum of Natural History )
Kevin J. Roe (Iowa State University)
David T. Zanatta (Central Michigan University)

Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FMCS). 2023
The 2023 checklist of freshwater bivalves (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) of the United States and Canada. Considered and approved by the Bivalve Names Subcommittee October 2023.