Publication Say (1831): summary

Full Citation

Say, T. 1831. American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America 1(3): pls. 21-30. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959357.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Margaritaria Say, 1831

(error for Margaritifera Schumacher, 1815)
‘Schumacher’ Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 1(3): pl. 21.
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodonta confragosa Say, 1829 = Arcidens confragosus

Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 339, sp. 2.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 1(3): pl. 21.
Say, 1832. Amer. Conch. 1(4): back cover notice.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 171, 195.

Unio dehiscens Say, 1829 = Hemistena lata

(renamed Odatelia radiata Rafinesque, 1832)
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 308, sp. 5.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 1(3): pl. 24.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 225.

Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831 = Uniomerus tetralasmus

Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 1(3): pl. 23.
TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Bayou St. John, near New Orleans.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta confragosa = Arcidens confragosus

Alasmodonta margaritifera Linné = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio cuneatus Barnes = Elliptio crassidens

Unio dehiscens Nobis = Hemistena lata

Unio gibbosus Barnes = Eurynia dilatata

Unio phaseolus Hildreth = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

+ Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828

+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829

Unio tetralasmus = Uniomerus tetralasmus