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

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Publication Call (1900): summary
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Complete Citation

Call, R.E. 1900. A descriptive illustrated catalogue of the Mollusca of Indiana. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources (1899) (24th annual ed.): 335-535.

Attributed Nominal Species

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.

Unio manubrius Paetel, 1890
‘Gould’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 158.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 53.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 518.

Unio obliquus Call, 1900
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 501, pl. 57.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 264.

Unio orbiculatus Call, 1900
‘Hildreth’ Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 492.
Baker, 1905. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 15: 253.
Shimek, 1921. Iowa Conserv. 5: 1.

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