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Publication F.C. Baker (1898): summary

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Baker, F.C. 1898. The Mollusca of the Chicago area, Part I: The Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Science 3(1): 1-130, 27 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodontoides F.C. Baker, 1898

Simpson in F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 72.
(new name for Anodontopsis F.C. Baker, 1898)
Type species: Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834 = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Carunculina F.C. Baker, 1898

Simpson in F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 109 [as ‘Corunculina’].
Simpson in F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): index and errata.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820; correct name for Corunculina F.C. Baker, 1898)
Type species: Unio parvus Barnes, 1823 (monotypy) = Toxolasma parvum

Corunculina F.C. Baker, 1898

Simpson in F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 109.
(incorrect original spelling of Carunculina F.C. Baker, 1898)
Type species: Unio parvus Barnes, 1823 = Toxolasma parvum

Euryma F.C. Baker, 1898

F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 100.
(error for Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820 = Eurynia dilatata

Attributed Nominal Species

Lampsilis anodontoides F.C. Baker, 1898 = Lampsilis teres

F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): pl. 10, fig. 3. [in part]
(reference to Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831)

Lampsilis anodontoides F.C. Baker, 1898 = Lampsilis teres

F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): pl. 10, figs. 1-2. [in part]
(reference to Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831)

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840 = Quadrula quadrula

‘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.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 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.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)
 
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