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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Say (1819): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationSay, T. 1819. Conchology. [in] W. Nicholson (ed.), American Edition of the British Encyclopedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge 4 (3rd ed.). 20 [unnumbered] pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAlasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Say, 1818. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1(11): 459.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: sp. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 62. | |
Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817
 Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 4.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 4.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MPL_0036, [unknown]. | |
Anodonta marginata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 5.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 5.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53-54. | |
Anodonta undulata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 6.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 6.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 54. | |
Unio alatus Say, 1817
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.] ?.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4349, N. Amerika. | |
Unio cariosus Say, 1817
 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152. fig. 7. [pre-linnaean]
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178839 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 148), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
Unio crassus Say, 1817
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8.
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49.
(homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788) | |
Unio cylindricus Say, 1817
 Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 4, fig. 3.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4310, N. Amerika. | |
Unio nasutus Say, 1817
 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 151, fig. 6.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 1.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): USNM_85978, Bristol, Pa. | |
Unio ochraceus Say, 1817
 Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178838 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 153), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
Unio ovatus Say, 1817
  Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.].
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 7.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 2, fig. 7.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50-51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4338, N. Amerika. | |
Unio plicata Say, 1817
 ‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4305, Ohio, U.S.A. | |
Unio purpureus Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 1.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50.
(renamed Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819) | |
Unio undulata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 3.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53. | |
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