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Publication Say (1858): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Say, T. 1858. Descriptions of fluviatile and marine shells of North America. in W. Binney (ed.). The Complete Writings of Thomas Say on the Conchology of the United States: 43-236. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
Say, 1818. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1(11): 459.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: sp. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 62.

Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 118.

Alasmodonta confragosa Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 339, sp. 2.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 3: pl. 21.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 171, 195.

Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 340, sp. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 137.

Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 339, sp. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 137.

Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 4.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 4.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MPL_0036, [unknown].

Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824
Say, 1824. [in] Narr. Long Exped. 2: 265, pl. 14, figs. 3-4.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, pl. 73.

Anodonta grandis Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 341, sp. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 139.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Fox River of the Wabash.

Anodonta imbecilis Lea, 1836
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 140.
Lapham, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 156.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Pilsbry & Rhoads, 1896. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 48: 506.
Clench & Turner, 1956. Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 187.
Murray & Leonard, 1962. Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 95.
R.I. Johnson, 1970. Bull. MCZ 140(6): 362.
Heard, 1975. Malacologia 15(1): 84.
Kat, 1983. Malacologia 23(2): 362.
Hoeh, 1990. Malac. Review 23: 63.
Lydeard et al., 1996. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1595.
Rosenberg et al., 1997. J. Moll. Studies 63: 303.
Adamkewicz et al., 1997. MBE 14(6): 622.
(error for Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)

Anodonta implicata Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 340, sp. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 138.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_176769 (by R.I. Johnson, 1946: 112), Agawam River, (outlet of Halfway Pond), Plymouth, Mass.

Anodonta impura Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(23): 355, sp. 4.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 139-140.

Anodonta lugubris Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 340, sp. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 138.

Anodonta marginata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 5.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 5.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53-54.

Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831
Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(31): [no pagination].
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 2: pl. 11.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 161.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_004, Ponds near the Wabash.

Anodonta undulata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 6.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 6.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 54.

Unio alatus Say, 1817
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.] ?.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4349, N. Amerika.

Unio apiculatus Say, 1829
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 cariosus Say, 1817
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152. fig. 7. [pre-linnaean]
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178839 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 148), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Unio cicatricosus Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 292, sp. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4539, N. Amerika.

Unio crassus Say, 1817
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8.
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49.
(homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio cylindricus Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 4, fig. 3.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4310, N. Amerika.

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

Unio flagellatus Say, 1830
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: [no pagination].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 154.
(intro'd as syn of Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829)

Unio heros Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 291, sp. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 165, 225.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Fox River of the Wabash.

Unio metallicus Say, 1831
Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 133.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Mexico....Lake Chalco?

Unio monodonta Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 293.
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 6.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 155.

Unio nasutus Say, 1817
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 151, fig. 6.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 1.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): USNM_85978, Bristol, Pa.

Unio ochraceus Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 2, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178838 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 153), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Unio ovatus Say, 1817
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.].
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 7.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 2, fig. 7.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50-51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4338, N. Amerika.

Unio perplexus Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 309.
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 155, 225.

Unio personatus Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 309, sp. 7.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_5763 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 166), Cumberland River, Tennessee.

Unio plicata Say, 1817
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4305, Ohio, U.S.A.

Unio purpureus Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 1.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50.
(renamed Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819)

Unio purpuriatus Say, 1831
Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 133.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, México....in a stream a few leagues from Vera‑Cruz.

Unio ridibundus Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 308, sp. 6.
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, upper fig.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 154.

Unio subrostratus Say, 1831
Say, 1831. New Harm. Dissem. 1(29): [no pagination].
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 134, 225.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4348, N. Amerika.

Unio subtentus Say, 1825
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 130.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 2: pl. 15.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 118.

Unio undulata Say, 1817
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [13,] pl. 3, fig. 3.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [19,] pl. 3, fig. 3.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 53.

Unio velum Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 293.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 132.

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