Publication Stimpson (1851): summary

Full Citation

Stimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England; a revision of the synonymy of the testaceous mollusks of New England, with notes on their structure and their geographical and bathymetrical distribution, with figures of new species. 58 pp.+ 2 plates. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Eurynea Stimpson, 1851

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 13.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 490.
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 79.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 142.
(error for Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820 = Eurynia dilatata

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium adamsii Stimpson, 1851 = Euglesa adamsii

‘Prime, MS’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16.
Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 352, pl. 11, figs. 1-3.
specimen image from publicationPrime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63, fig. 63.
(new name for Cyclas nitida Mighels in Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Complanaria alasmodontina Stimpson, 1851 = Platynaias compressa

‘Barnes’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 14.
(reference to Unio alasmodontina Lea, 1829)

Pisidium minus Stimpson, 1851 = Euglesa casertana

Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16.
(new name for Cyclas minor Adams in Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851 = Sphaerium partumeium

‘Prime’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16.
Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 277.
(new name for Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta marginata Say

Anodonta benedictensis (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta fluviatilis (Dill.) = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta housatonica Linsley = Utterbackiana implicata

Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata

There are 24 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.