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Publication Meek (1876): summary

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Full Citation

Meek. 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dysnomya Meek, 1876

Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 512.
(error for Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)
Type species: Obliquaria (Quadrula) flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma flexuosa

Ellipto Meek, 1876

Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 511.
(error for Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819)
Type species: Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820 = Elliptio crassidens

Epiloblasma Meek, 1876

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 511.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 96.
(error for Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831 = Epioblasma rangiana

Gelonia Meek, 1876

Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 157.
(error for Geloina Gray, 1842)
Type species: Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806 = Geloina erosa

Leptesthes Meek, 1876

Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 316.
Type species: Corbicula fracta of Authors, unknown year

Unionopsis Meek, 1876

Meek, 1876. Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. (Hayden) 9: 113.
(error for Uniopsis Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840 = Alasmidonta undulata

 
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