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Publication Call (1895): summary

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Call, R.E. 1895. A study of the Unionidae of Arkansas, with incidental reference to their distribution in the Mississippi valley. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 7: 1-64. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arkansasensis B.H. Wright, 1888 = Strophitus undulatus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 617.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 347.
Williams et al., 2008. Freshw. Mussels AL and Mobile Basin: 709.
Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 294.
(error for Anodonta arkansensis Lea, 1852)

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Unio breviculus Call, 1887 = Lampsilis reeveiana

Call, 1887. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 499, pl. 28.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 6, pl. 17.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_5020, Jacks Fork, Currant River, Shannon Co., Mo.

Unio cuneus Call, 1895 = Pleurobema sintoxia

Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 14.
(reference to Unio cuneus Conrad, 1838)

Anodonta hordea Call, 1895 = Utterbackia imbecillis

‘Gould’ Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 63.
(error for Anodon horda Gould, 1855)

Unio irroratus Call, 1895 = Cyprogenia aberti

‘Lea’ Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 20.
(misidentified reference to Unio irroratus Lea, 1828)

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 publicationReeve, 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)

Unio manubrius Paetel, 1890 = Uniomerus tetralasmus

‘Gould’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 158.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 53.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 518.
(error for Unio manubius Gould, 1855)

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Unio ozarkensis Call, 1887 = Fusconaia ozarkensis

Call, 1887. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 498, pl. 27.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 33, pl. 18.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_5707 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 143), Jacks Fork, Current River, Shannon Co., Mo.

Unio pustulosus Call, 1895 = Pustulosa pustulosa

‘Lea’ Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 42, pl. 15, figs. 3-4.
(reference to Unio pustulosus Lea, 1831)

Anodonta shafferiana Lea, 1870 = Strophitus undulatus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 243, pl. 17, figs. 5-7.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 311.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 23.
(error for Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852)

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