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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication F.C. Baker (1928): summary
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Complete Citation

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)

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

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

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