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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Linsley (1845): summary
publication summary Complete CitationLinsley, J.H. 1845. Catalogue of the shells of Connecticut. American Journal of Science and Arts 48(2): 271-286. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta housatonica Gould, 1848
 Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 277. [nomen nudum]
Gould, 1848. Amer. J. Sci. 56(17): 234, figs. 4-5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_678302, Housatonica R., Fairfield Co., Connecticut. | |
Cyclas nitida Linsley, 1845
Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842) | |
Cyclas orbicularia Linsley, 1845
‘Barratt’ Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276. [nomen nudum] | |
Cyclas truncata Linsley, 1845
Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
Lindsley in Gould, 1848. Amer. J. Sci. 56(17): 324, fig. 3. | |
Unio pequottinus Linsley, 1845
Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 277. [nomen nudum] | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAlasmodonta arcuata Barnes = Margaritifera margaritifera Alasmodonta marginata (Say, 1818) = Alasmidonta marginata Alasmodonta undulata Say = Alasmidonta undulata Anodonta areolata Swainson = Strophitus undulatus Anodonta fluviatilis Dillwyn = Pyganodon cataracta Anodonta housatonica Nobis = Utterbackiana implicata Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata Anodonta marginata Say = Pyganodon cataracta Anodonta subcylindracea Lea = Anodontoides ferussacianus Anodonta undulata Say = Strophitus undulatus Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa Unio complanatus Solander = Elliptio complanata Unio compressa (Lea) = Platynaias compressa Unio heterodon Lea = Prolasmidonta heterodon Unio nasutus Say = Sagittunio nasutus Unio ochraceus Say = Atlanticoncha ochracea Unio pequottinus Nobis Unio radiatus Barnes = Atlanticoncha ochracea
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