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Publication Say (1834): summary

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Full Citation

Say. 1834. American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America 6: pls. 51-60. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio apiculatus Say, 1829 = Quadrula quadrula

Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 309, sp. 8.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 52.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 207, 225.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_016, Lake Ponchartrain, near N. Orleans.

Unio cuneatus Say, 1834 = Pleurobema clava

‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(reference to Pleurobema cuneata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio dilatatus Say, 1834 = Eurynia dilatata

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 42, pl. 21.
(reference to Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio ellipsarius Say, 1834 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: 224.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio fasciolus Say, 1834 = Lampsilis fasciola

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(3): 26, pl. 11, fig. 2.
(reference to Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820)

There are 26 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Unio interruptus Conrad, 1834 = Epioblasma brevidens

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 69.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 28.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 88, pl. 48.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 14, sp. 56.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio laevigatus Say, 1834 = Obovaria subrotunda

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: [no pagination].
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 28.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 251.
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 92.
(error for Unio (Aximedia) levigata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio lineolatus Say, 1834 = Ellipsaria lineolata

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 68.
‘Rafinesque’ Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
(reference to Obliquaria (Plagiola) lineolata Rafinesque, 1820)

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1834 = Sulcularia viridis

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(misidentified reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)

Unio nervosa Conrad, 1834 = Truncilla donaciformis

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Lapham, 1852. Trans. WI Agri. Soc. 2: 369.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio nexus Say, 1831 = Epioblasma arcaeformis

Say, 1831. Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 4: 527.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 51.

Unio nodulatus Say, 1834 = Pustulosa nodulata

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(9): 80, pl. 45, fig. 1.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 13, sp. 51.
(reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) nodulata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio nodulosus Say, 1834 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(misidentified reference to Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815)

Unio obliquatus Say, 1834 = Epioblasma obliquata

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
(reference to Obliquaria (Scalenaria) obliquata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio obovalis Say, 1834 = Reginaia ebenus

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: [unpaginated].
(reference to Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio ohiensis Say, 1834 = Potamilus ohiensis

‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: [synonymy].
(reference to Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 22.

Unio politus Conrad, 1837 = Fusconaia subrotunda

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??. [nomen nudum]
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 67, pl. 37, fig. 2.

Unio quadrulus Say, 1834 = Quadrula quadrula

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 53.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(13): 112, pl. 62.
(reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio retusus Say, 1834 = Theliderma stapes

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819)

Unio scalenius Say, 1834 = Pleurobema decisum

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio stegarius Say, 1834 = Cyprogenia stegaria

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 28.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 83, pl. 46, fig. 1.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 12, sp. 45.
(reference to Obovaria stegaria Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio teres Say, 1834 = Lampsilis teres

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 52, pl. 28.
(reference to Unio (Eurynia) teres Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio triagularis Say, 1834 = Obovaria olivaria

Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823)

Unio truncatus Say, 1834 = Truncilla truncata

‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1838. Amer. Conch. 7: pl. 67.
(reference to Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio verrucosus Say, 1834 = Quadrula verrucosa

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
‘Rafinesque’ Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1, sp. 4.
(reference to Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820)
 
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