Charles Lydeard

About Me

Degrees, Licensures and Certifications: B.S. Biology, Fitchburg State University; M.S. Zoology, University of Memphis; Ph.D. Systematics, Auburn University

Research Interests: Dr. Lydeard studied coyotes for his M.S. and freshwater fish evolution and biogeography for his Ph.D. Since that time, he has studied the biodiversity and evolution of freshwater mollusks. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of Malacologia – the International Journal of Malacology and is currently serving a 5-year term as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Malacological Bulletin.

Selected Publications

• Campbell, D. C. and C. Lydeard.  2025.  Three decades of mussel mitochondria.  Malacologia 68(1/2):237-294.
• Lydeard, C.  2025.  A tribute to George M. Davis (21 May 1938 – 19 June 2024) – 42 years as Editor-in-Chief of Malacologia – The International Journal of Malacology.  Malacologia 67:345-347.
• Lydeard, C., N. Yeung, and D. R. Lindberg.  2022.  Molluscs.  In Encylopedia of Biodiversity.  Elsevier Press, Elsevier Inc. (invited article).
• Stodola, A. P., C. Lydeard, J. T. Lamer, S. A. Douglass, K. S. Cummings, and D. Campbell.  2021.  Hiding in plain sight: genetic confirmation of putative Louisiana Fatmucket Lampsilis hydiana in Illinois.  Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 24:59-86.
• Lydeard, C.  2021.  Letter from the editor.  Malacologia 63.
• Brand, M. E., W. T. Rechkemmer, S. A. Clark, K. W. McCravy, C. Lydeard, S. T. Meiers, and S. E. Jenkins.  2020.  The influence of fire and other environmental factors on terrestrial gastropod species composition in an oak-hickory woodland of West-Central Illinois.  American Malacological Bulletin 38:39-49.
• Lydeard, C. and K. S. Cummings.  2019.  Introduction and Overview In: Freshwater Mollusks of the World – A Distribution Atlas, C. Lydeard and K. S. Cummings (eds), Pp. 1-26, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Strong, E. E., and C. Lydeard.  2019.  Pleuroceridae P. Fischer, 1885.  In: Freshwater Mollusks of the World – A Distribution Atlas, C. Lydeard and K. S. Cummings (eds), Pp. 74-80, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Wethington, A. R., and C. Lydeard.  2019.  Physidae Fitzinger, 1833.  In:  Freshwater Mollusks of the World – A Distribution Atlas, C. Lydeard and K. S. Cummings (eds), Pp. 175-180, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Campbell, D. C., S. A. Clark, and C. Lydeard.  2017.  Phylogenetic analysis of the Lancinae (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) with a description of the U.S. federally endangered Banbury Springs lanx.  ZooKeys 663:107-132.  doi: 10.3897/zookeys.663.11320.
• Lydeard, C.  2017.  Letter from the editor.  Malacologia 60:323.
• Campbell, D. C., S. A. Clark, E J. Johannes, C. Lydeard and T. J. Frest.  2016.  Molecular phylogenetics of the freshwater gastropod genus Juga (Cerithioidea: Semisulcospiridae).  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 65:158-170.
• Lydeard, C., D. Campbell, and M. Golz.  2016.  Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 should be treated as a native of North America, not Europe.  Malacologia 59:347-350.
• Bonnan, M. F. and C. Lydeard.  2016.  Exercise 9: Systematics and Cladistics Pp. 173-192 In: Zoology 200 Introduction to Animal Biology 2016-2017 Laboratory Manual, L. M. Barden-Gabbei, M. Aanenson, and K. W. McCravy (eds.), Macmillan Learning Curriculum Solutions, Plymouth, MI.