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Publication F.C. Baker (1928): summary

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Baker, F.C. 1928. The fresh water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part II. Pelecypoda. Bulletin of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey 70(2): vi-495 + 76 plates. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Pterosygna Simpson, 1900

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 665.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 196.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 490.
Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(4): 43.
Walker, 1918. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (49): 2.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 147.
Haas, 1930. Senckenbergiana 12(6): 326.
(error for Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831)
Type species: Alasmodonta complanata Barnes, 1823 = Pterosyna complanata

Utterbackia F.C. Baker, 1927

F.C. Baker, 1927. Amer. Midl. Nat. 10(7): 221.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 170.
(correct name for Utterbachia F.C. Baker, 1927)
Type species: Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Utterbackia imbecillis

Attributed Nominal Species

Sphaerium bakeri F.C. Baker, 1928 = Sphaerium striatinum

‘Sterki’ F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): ??.

Anodontoides birgei F.C. Baker, 1923 = Anodontoides ferussacianus

F.C. Baker, 1923. Nautilus 36(4): 123.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 180, pl. 68, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209188, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.

Quadrula (Quadrula) quadrula bullocki F.C. Baker, 1928 = Quadrula quadrula

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 87, pl. 46, figs. 1-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Quadrula) quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209203, Fox River, nr. De Pere, Wisc.

Carunculina parva cahni F.C. Baker, 1927 = Toxolasma parvum

F.C. Baker, 1927. Amer. Midl. Nat. 10(7): 222.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 253, pl. 105, figs. 14-18.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parvus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82281, Neosha Mill Pond, Dodge Co., Wisconsin.

Lampsilis siliquoidea chadwicki F.C. Baker, 1928 = Lampsilis siliquoidea

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 279, pl. 91, figs. 5-8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_209200 (by Franzen, 1957: 33), Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin.

There are 20 available nominal species attributed to this publication (29 total).

Cyclonaias tuberculata compressa F.C. Baker, 1928 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 107, pl. 75, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82236, Big Vermilion River, 0.5 mi below junction with Middle Fork, [Vermilion Co.], Illinois.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus danielsi F.C. Baker, 1928 = Sulcularia viridis

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 187, pl. 69, fig. 2; pl. 72, figs. 7-11.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calceolus Lea, 1828)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82276, Moots Creek, White County, Indiana.

Sphaerium flavum var. foxense F.C. Baker, 1928 = Sphaerium striatinum

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas flava Prime, 1852)

Utterbackia imbecillis fusca F.C. Baker, 1927 = Utterbackia imbecillis

F.C. Baker, 1927. Amer. Midl. Nat. 10(7): 222.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 175, pl. 103, figs. 12-14.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209141, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.

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 publication Reeve, 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)

Truncilla truncata var. lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928 = Truncilla truncata

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 227, pl. 78, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209214, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin.

Strophitus rugosus lacustris F.C. Baker, 1928 = Strophitus undulatus

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 207, pl. 75, figs. 6-8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82463, Oconomowoc Lake, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin.

Lampsilis gracilis lacustris F.C. Baker, 1922 = Potamilus fragilis

F.C. Baker, 1922. Nautilus 35(4): 131.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 237, pl. 80, figs. 5-7; pl. 81, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209186, L. Butte de Morts, Wisc.

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta) calceolus magnalacustris F.C. Baker, 1928 = Sulcularia viridis

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 188, pl. 69, fig. 3; 72, figs. 12-16.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calceolus Lea, 1828)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209215, Sturgeon Bay, Wisc.

Anodonta marginata Baker, 1920 = Pyganodon lacustris

‘Say’ Baker, 1920. Life of the Pleistocene: 383.
‘Say’ F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 165.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta marginata Say, 1817)

Anodonta marryattana Conrad, 1853 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 28, sp. 111.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 642.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 422.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 157.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 365.
(error for Anodonta maryattana Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema coccineum var. mississippiensis F.C. Baker, 1928 = Pleurobema sintoxia

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 121, pl. 53, figs. 1-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio coccineus Conrad, 1836)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) INHS_82273, Lake Pepin, Wisconsin.

Lasmigona costata nuda F.C. Baker, 1928 = Lasmigona costata

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 145, pl. 59, fig. 3-6.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta costata Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209131, Red Cedar R., Chetek, Wis.

Strophitus rugosus pepinensis F.C. Baker, 1928 = Strophitus undulatus

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 204, pl. 74, fig. 8.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209137, L. Pepin, Lake City, Wisc.

Lasmigona costata pepinensis F.C. Baker, 1928 = Lasmigona costata

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 144, pl. 59, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta costata Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209133, L. Pepin, Wisconsin.

Lampsilis siliquoidea pepinensis F.C. Baker, 1927 = Lampsilis siliquoidea

F.C. Baker, 1927. Amer. Midl. Nat. 10(7): 223.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 275, pl. 90, figs. 2-5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_209208, L. Pepin, Lake City, Minnesota.

Lampsilis ventricosa perglobosa F.C. Baker, 1928 = Lampsilis cardium

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 285, pl. 93, figs. 1-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209195, Lake Pepin, Lake City, Minnesota.

Pisidium fallax pressum F.C. Baker, 1928 = Euglesa fallax

‘Sterki’ F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896)

Anodonta salmonea Sowerby, 1867 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 74.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 155.
(error for Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838)

Alasmidonta (Decurambis) marginata variabilis F.C. Baker, 1928 = Alasmidonta marginata

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 194, pl. 69, figs. 4-9.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE UMMZ_209183 (by Franzen, 1957: 33), Red Cedar R., Chetek, Wis.

Fusconaia undata wagneri F.C. Baker, 1928 = Fusconaia flava

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 64, pl. 40, figs. 1-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio undatus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209194, Lake Pepin, Lake City, Minnesota.

Sphaerium solidulum var. winnebagoense F.C. Baker, 1928 = Sphaerium striatinum

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas solidula Prime, 1852)

Lampsilis ventricosa winnebagoensis F.C. Baker, 1928 = Lampsilis cardium

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 291, pl. 94, figs. 1-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209212, L. Winnebago, nr. Oshkosh, Wis.

Strophitus rugosus winnebagoensis F.C. Baker, 1928 = Strophitus undulatus

F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 205, pl. 74, figs. 1-6.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) UMMZ_209201, Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin.

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