{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Utterbackia imbecillis.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Utterbackia imbecillis]]'' | taxon = Utterbackia | authority = [[Frank Collins Baker|Baker]], 1927 | type_species = ''[[Anodonta imbecilis]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Thomas Say|Say]], 1829 | subdivision = {{Linked species list |abbreviated=yes |Utterbackia imbecillis|(Say, 1829) |Utterbackia peggyae|(Johnson, 1965) |Utterbackia peninsularis|[[Arthur Bogan|Bogan]] & [[Walter Hoeh|Hoeh]], 1995}} | subdivision_ref = <ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |id=856860 |title=''Utterbackia'' F. C. Baker, 1927 |db=mollusca |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Species list |Anodonta (Utterbackia)|Baker, 1927 |Nayadina|De Gregorio, 1914 |Utterbachia|Baker, 1927}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=WoRMS/> }}
'''''Utterbackia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]].
==Taxonomy and history== ''Utterbackia'' was erected in 1927 by [[Frank Collins Baker]] with ''Anodonta imbecillis'' (now ''[[Utterbackia imbecillis]]'') as the [[Type species|type]] and sole species.<ref name=WoRMS/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Frank Collins |year=1927 |title=On the Division of the Sphaeriidae into Two Subfamilies: And the Description of a New Genus of Unionidae, with Descriptions of New Varieties |journal=[[American Midland Naturalist]] |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=220 |doi=10.2307/2993164 |doi-access=free |issn=0003-0031 |lccn=13003548 |jstor=2993164 |oclc=5731039}}</ref> The genus was named in honor of [[William Irvin Utterback]], who authored several works on freshwater mussels.<ref name=Ohio>{{cite book |last1=Watters |first1=G. Thomas |last2=Hoggarth |first2=Michael A. |last3=Stansbery |first3=David H. |year=2009 |title=The Freshwater Mussels of Ohio |publisher=[[Ohio State University Press]] |location=Columbus |page=321 |isbn=978-0-8142-1105-2 |oclc=741494963 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/27783 |via=[[Project MUSE]]}}</ref>
==Species== This genus includes the following species:<ref name=WoRMS/> * ''[[Utterbackia imbecillis]]'' <small>([[Thomas Say|Say]], 1829)</small> * ''[[Utterbackia peggyae]]'' <small>(Johnson, 1965)</small> * ''[[Utterbackia peninsularis]]'' <small>[[Arthur Bogan|Bogan]] & [[Walter Hoeh|Hoeh]], 1995</small>
Species formerly placed in this genus include:<ref name=WoRMS/> *''Utterbackia couperiana'' <small>([[Isaac Lea|Lea]], 1840)</small> and ''Utterbackia dunlapiana'' <small>(Lea, 1842)</small> – now accepted as ''[[Utterbackiana couperiana]]'' <small>(Lea, 1840)</small> *''Utterbackia hartfieldorum'' <small>(Williams, [[Arthur Bogan|Bogan]] & Garner, 2009)</small> – now accepted as ''[[Utterbackiana hartfieldorum]]'' <small>(Williams, Bogan & Garner, 2009)</small> *''Utterbackia heardi'' <small>(Gordon & [[Walter Hoeh|Hoeh]], 1995)</small> – now accepted as ''[[Utterbackiana heardi]]'' <small>(Gordon & Hoeh, 1995)</small> *''Utterbackia suborbiculata'' <small>(Say, 1831)</small> – now accepted as ''[[Utterbackiana suborbiculata]]'' <small>(Say, 1831)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Haag, W. R. (2012). ''North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0521199384}} * Vidrine, M. (1993). ''The historical distributions of fresh-water mussels in Louisiana''. Gail O. Vidrine Collectibles. {{ISBN|978-0963730404}}
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