The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Stimpson (1851): summary publication summary Complete CitationStimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England; a revision of the synonymy of the testaceous mollusks of New England, with notes on their structure and their geographical and bathymetrical distribution, with figures of new species. 58 pp.+ 2 plates. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAttributed Nominal SpeciesComplanaria alasmodontina Stimpson, 1851 ‘Barnes’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 14. (reference to Unio alasmodontina Lea, 1829) | |
Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851 ‘Prime’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16. Prime, 1853. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 277. (new name for Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842) | |
Pisidium adamsii Stimpson, 1851 ‘Prime, MS’ Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16. Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 352, pl. 11, figs. 1-3.
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 63, fig. 63. (new name for Cyclas nitida Mighels & Adams, 1842) | |
Pisidium minus Stimpson, 1851 Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 16. [nomen nudum] | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAlasmidonta marginata Say Anodonta benedictensis (Lea) = Pyganodon grandis Anodonta fluviatilis (Dill.) = Pyganodon cataracta Anodonta housatonica Linsley = Utterbackiana implicata Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata Anodonta marginata Say = Pyganodon cataracta Anodonta subcylindracea Lea = Anodontoides ferussacianus Complanaria alasmodontina (Barnes) = Platynaias compressa + Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829 Complanaria rugosa (Barnes) = Lasmigona costata Eurynia nasuta (Say) = Sagittunio nasutus Eurynia praelonga (Barnes) = Ligumia recta Lampsilis cariosa (Say) Lampsilis ochracea (Say) = Atlanticoncha ochracea Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin) Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes) Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes) = Lampsilis cardium Margaritana arcuata (Barnes) = Margaritifera margaritifera Metaptera alata (Say) = Potamilus alatus Metaptera gracilis (Barnes) = Potamilus fragilis Strophitus sculptilis (Say) = Alasmidonta undulata + Unio undulata Say, 1817 Strophitus undulatus (Say) Unio complanatus (Soland.) = Elliptio complanata
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