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Publication Linsley (1845): summary

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Full Citation

Linsley, J.H. 1845. Catalogue of the shells of Connecticut. American Journal of Science and Arts 48(2): 271-286. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Anodonta housatonica Gould, 1848 = Utterbackiana implicata

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 = Euglesa variabilis

Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Cyclas orbicularia Linsley, 1845 = Sphaerium partumeium

‘Barratt’ Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276. [nomen nudum]

Unio pequottinus Linsley, 1845 = unionoid nearctic-species

Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 277. [nomen nudum]

Cyclas truncata Linsley, 1845 = Sphaerium partumeium

Linsley, 1845. Amer. J. Sci. 48(2): 276.
Lindsley in Gould, 1848. Amer. J. Sci. 56(17): 324, fig. 3.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta 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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