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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Gould (1850): attributed nominal species
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Complete Citation

Gould, A.A. 1850. [Shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 292-296. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5929A, Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.

Anodon cognata Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 435, figs. 546-546b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5930, Oregon.

Anodon feminalis Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 436, figs. 547-547b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5932, Oregon.

Anodon glauca Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5933, Peru.

Cyclas egregia Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 292.

Cyclas patella Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.

Cyrena debilis Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.

Lucina lenticula Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 259.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 413, pl. 36, fig. 528 [as ‘Cyclas’].

Unio dorsuosus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 296.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5925, [Nepean River, Australia].

Unio famelicus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 432, figs. 544-544b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5929, Oregon.

Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295. [in part]
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 428. [in part]
Gould, 1856. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 37, 542a-b. [in part]
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_5927 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 462), N. Zealand.

Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295. [in part]
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 428. [in part]
Gould, 1856. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 37, fig. 542c. [in part]
Type(s): PARATYPES USNM_87847, New Zealand.

Unio profugus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 429.
Gould, 1862. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 28, figs. 543-543b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5928, Hunter’s R. N.S.Wales.

Unio verecundus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 431, figs. 541a-c.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_5926, Manilla.

 
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