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Publication Rafinesque (1831): attributed nominal genera
publication summary

Complete Citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1831. Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the river Ohio and other rivers of the western states. By Prof. C.S. Rafinesque. (Published at Brussels, September, 1820) Containing 46 species, from No. 76 to no. 121. Including an appendix on some bivalve shells of the rivers of Hindostan, with a supplement on the fossil bivalves of the Western states, and the Tulosites, a new genus of fossils. 8 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.

Amblamadon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.

Amblamodon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 80.
(incorrect original spelling of Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831)

Amblasmadon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
(error for Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831)

Amblasmodon Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 78.
(correct name for Amblamodon Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Lasmigona costata

Aximedia Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 296.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 41, 75.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Fischer, 1887: 1000) = Pleurobema clava

Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 73.
(renamed Baryosta Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Fischer, 1887: 1000) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Decurambis Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 38) = Alasmidonta marginata

Dianisotis Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.
Type species: Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Diplasma Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 6.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 82.
Type species: Diplasma marginata Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7)

Epioblasma Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 72.
Type species: Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831 = Epioblasma rangiana

Flexiplis Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 6.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 82.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta (Flexiplis?) digonota Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Pyganodon cataracta

Gonamblus Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Lasmigona ponderosa Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Hemisolasma Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 84.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Diplasma Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Diplasma (Hemisolasma?) vitrea Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Baker, 1964: 141)

Hiria Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.
(error for Hyria Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 298.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 43, 84.
Type species: Unio ovatus Say, 1817 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 575) = Lampsilis ovata

Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 78.
(renamed Elasmogona Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Alasmidonta costata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 664) = Lasmigona costata

Lasmonos Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 81.
(renamed Monelasmus Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Potamilus fragilis

Lemiox Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 74.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Bariosta Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Bariosta (Lemiox) rimosus Rafinesque, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Lemiox rimosus

Loncosilla Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 84.
Type species: Loncosilla solenoides Rafinesque, 1831 (monotypy) = Novaculina gangetica

Obliquaria Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 301.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 46, 75.
Type species: Obliquaria (Quadrula) reflexa Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 610) = Obliquaria reflexa

Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 5.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Alasmodonta complanata Barnes, 1823 (orig. desig.) = Pterosyna complanata

Scalenaria Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 309.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 52, 76.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Obliquaria Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1848: 422) = Pleurobema clava

Sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 310.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 3.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 53, 75.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Obliquaria Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Obliquaria (Sintoxia) sintoxia Rafinesque, 1820 (tautonomy) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Sulcularia Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 79.
Type species: Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7) = Alasminota holstonia

Symphonota Rafinesque, 1831
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 7.
Berge, 1847. Conch.-Buch: 69.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 85.
(error for Symphynota Lea, 1829)

Toxolasma Rafinesque, 1831
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 2.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 72.
(renamed Toxelasma Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Toxolasma lividus Rafinesque, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1914: 7) = Toxolasma lividum

Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 4: 107 [nomen nudum].
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 300.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 24, 29, 45, 76.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1849: 628) = Truncilla truncata

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