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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Conrad (1835): summary
publication summary Complete CitationConrad, T.A. 1835. Monography of the Family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells) or North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature 1(1): 1-12, pls. 1-6. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesUnio clavus Conrad, 1835
‘Lamarck’ Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 5, pl. 3, fig. 1. | |
Unio fasciatus Conrad, 1835
‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 3, pl. 1.
‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 249. | |
Unio flexuosus Conrad, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 8, pl. 6, fig. 2.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 6, sp. 22; pl. 13, fig. 53. | |
Unio fragosus Conrad, 1835
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 12, pl. 6, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 249. | |
Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 89.
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 5.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 246. | |
Unio mortoni Conrad, 1835
 Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 11, pl. 6, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_10287A, Bayou Teche, Louisiana. | |
Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835
 Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 9, pl. 5, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_19432, Wabash R., Indiana. | |
Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 4. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsUnio clava Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema clava
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834 Unio decisus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema taitianum
+ Unio taitianus Lea, 1834 Unio decisus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema decisum Unio fasciatus Rafinesque, 1820 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823 Unio flexuosus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Epioblasma flexuosa
+ Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828 Unio fragosus Conrad, 1835 = Quadrula fragosa Unio metanevrus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823 Unio mortoni = Pustulosa pustulosa Unio ovatus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis ovata
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819 Unio phillipsii Conrad, 1835 = Obliquaria reflexa Unio reflexus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obliquaria reflexa
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
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