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Publication Lapham (1860): summary

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Full Citation

Lapham, J.A. 1860. A list of the shells of the state of Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 154-156. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta fluviatilis Lapham, 1860 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta fluviatilis Bosc, 1801)

Anodonta imbecilis Lea, 1836 = Utterbackia imbecillis

‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 140.
Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 506.
Clench & Turner, 1956. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 187.
Murray & Leonard, 1962. Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 95.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 362.
Heard, 1975. Malacologia 15(1): 84.
Kat, 1983. Malacologia 23(2): 362.
Hoeh, 1990. Malac. Review 23: 63.
Lydeard et al., 1996. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1595.
Rosenberg et al., 1997. J. Moll. Studies 63: 303.
Adamkewicz et al., 1997. MBE 14(6): 622.
(error for Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)

Unio mytiloides Lapham, 1860 = Pleurobema sintoxia

‘Raf.’ Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
(misidentified reference to Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio obliquus Lapham, 1860 = Pleurobema sintoxia

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
Baker, 1905. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 15: 256.
Ortmann, 1919. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8(1): 73. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)

Unio postulosus Lapham, 1860 = Pustulosa pustulosa

‘Lea’ Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 155.
(error for Unio pustulosus Lea, 1831)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta edentula Lea [sic] = Strophitus undulatus

Anodonta ferussaciana Lea = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Anodonta fluviatilis Lea [sic] = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta imbecilis [sic] Say = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta plana Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Margaritana calceola Lea = Sulcularia viridis

Margaritana complanata Lea [sic] = Pterosyna complanata

Margaritana marginata Lea [sic] = Alasmidonta marginata

Margaritana rugosa Lea [sic] = Lasmigona costata

Unio alatus Say = Potamilus alatus

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio cornutus Bar. = Obliquaria reflexa

Unio donaciformis Lea = Truncilla donaciformis

Unio elegans Lea = Truncilla truncata

Unio ellipsis Lea = Obovaria olivaria

Unio gibbosus Bar. = Eurynia dilatata

Unio gracilis Bar. = Potamilus fragilis

Unio iris Lea = Cambarunio iris

Unio ligamentinus Lam. = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio luteolus Lam. = Lampsilis radiata

Unio metanevrus Raf. = Theliderma metanevra

Unio mytiloides Raf. = Pleurobema clava

Unio obliquus Lam. = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio parvus Bar. = Toxolasma parvum

Unio phaseolus Hild. = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio plicatus Lesueur = Amblema plicata

Unio postulosus [sic] Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio pressus Lea = Platynaias compressa

Unio radiatus Lam. = Lampsilis radiata

Unio rectus Lam. = Ligumia recta

Unio schoolcraftensis Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio tenuissimus Lea = Potamilus leptodon

Unio trigonus Lea = Fusconaia flava

Unio tuberculatus Raf. = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio ventricosus Bar. = Lampsilis cardium

Unio verrucosus Bar. = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Unio zig-zag Lea = Truncilla donaciformis

 
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