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Publication Hildreth (1828): summary

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Hildreth, S.P. 1828. Observations on, and descriptions of the shells, found in the waters of the Muskingum River, Little Muskingum and Duck Creek, in the vicinity of Marietta, Ohio. American Journal of Science and Arts 14: 276-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmodonta Say, 1819

‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio verrucosus albus Hildreth, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 281.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

‘Barnes’ Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
(misidentified reference to Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823)

Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828 = Epioblasma flexuosa

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 284, figs. 16a-b.

Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828 = Obovaria subrotunda

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 284.

Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 22.

Unio verrucosus purpureus Hildreth, 1828 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 281.
(homonym of Unio purpureus Say, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio radiatus Hildreth, 1828 = Lampsilis cardium

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 286.
(misidentified reference to Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823)

Anodonta undulata Hildreth, 1828 = Strophitus undulatus

‘Say’ of Authors.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 290.
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
(reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta complanata = Pterosyna complanata

Alasmodonta rugosa = Lasmigona costata

Anodonta undulata = Strophitus undulatus

Unio alatus = Potamilus alatus

Unio crassus ‘LeSueur’ Say = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio cuneatus = Elliptio crassidens

Unio cylindricus = Theliderma cylindrica

Unio ellipticus Barnes = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio foliatus = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio gibbosus = Eurynia dilatata

Unio gracilis = Potamilus fragilis

Unio nodosus = Theliderma metanevra

Unio orbiculatus = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio ovatus = Lampsilis ovata

Unio phaseolus = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828

Unio plicatus = Amblema plicata

Unio prælongus = Ligumia recta

Unio radiatus = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio rugosus = Quadrula quadrula

Unio triangularis = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio tuberculatus = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio undatus = Fusconaia flava

Unio undulatus = Amblema plicata

Unio verrucosus albus = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio verrucosus purpureus = Cyclonaias tuberculata

 
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