Publication De Kay (1843): summarypublication summary
Full CitationDe Kay, J.E. 1843. Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its border; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations 5. 271 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Genera
Alasmodon Thompson, 1820 Thompson, 1820. Ann. Phil. 16: 116. ‘Say’ Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 54. ‘Say’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2. ‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 264, 266, 269-274, 278-279, 290, 382. De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196. ‘Say’ Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 83. ‘Say’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433. (error for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846) Type species: Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata
Attributed Nominal Species
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 193, pl. 21, figs. 243-244. (misidentified reference to Unio cariosus Say, 1817)
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196, pl. 14, fig. 225. (misidentified reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
‘Gmelin’ De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 189, pl. 18. fig. 236. (misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 192, pl. 39, figs. 355-356; pl. 40, fig. 357. Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_678303, Seneca Lake, New York.
Taxonomic OpinionsAlasmodon arcuata Barnes = Margaritifera margaritifera + Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 Alasmodon corrugata = Alasmidonta varicosa Alasmodon marginata Say = Alasmidonta marginata Alasmodon rugosa Barnes = Lasmigona costata Alasmodon undulata Say = Alasmidonta undulata Unio alatus Say = Potamilus alatus Unio boydianus = Atlanticoncha ochracea Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa Unio complanatus = Elliptio complanata + Unio purpureus Say, 1817 Unio compressus (Lea) = Platynaias compressa Unio luteolus = Lampsilis radiata + Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823 + Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823 Unio luteolus = Lampsilis siliquoidea Unio nasutus = Sagittunio nasutus + Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838 + Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838 Unio nasutus = Elliptio producta Unio novi-eboraci Lea = Cambarunio iris Unio ochraceus Say = Atlanticoncha ochracea Unio radiatus = Atlanticoncha ochracea + Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 + Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823 Unio radiatus = Lampsilis radiata Unio radiatus = Lampsilis cariosa Unio rectus Lam. = Ligumia recta + Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823 Unio rosaceus = Lampsilis siliquoidea Unio tappanianus Lea = Platynaias subviridis Unio ventricosus = Lampsilis cardium + Unio ventricosus Say, 1832 + Unio occidens Lea, 1829
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