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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Gould (1850): summary
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Complete Citation

Gould, A.A. 1850. [Shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 292-296. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Monocondylea Moricand, 1837
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 611.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Herrmannsen, 1849. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 668.
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 84.
Petit de la Saussaye, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 15.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4.
Deshayes & Jullien, 1876. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 117.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Zieritz et al., 2015. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 53(1): 82.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 13 available nominal species attributed to this publication (14 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodon falcata = Margaritifera falcata

Anodon cognata = Anodonta oregonensis

Anodon feminalis = Gonidea angulata

Anodon glauca = Anodontites crispata

Cyclas egregia

Cyclas patella = Sphaerium patella

Cyrena debilis = Corbicula australis

Unio dorsuosus = Hyridella australis

Unio famelicus = Diplodon granosus

Unio lutulentus = Echyridella menziesii

Unio profugus = Alathyria profuga

Unio verecundus = Simpsonella burroughiana

 
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