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

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Publication Conrad (1853): attributed nominal genera
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Conrad, T.A. 1853. A synopsis of the family of Naïades of North America, with notes, and a table of some of the genera and sub-genera of the family, according to their geographical distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 243-269. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Caelatura Conrad, 1853
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)

Coelatura Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268 [as ‘Cœlatura’].
(correct name for Caelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 (monotypy) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Corrugaria Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)

Cucumaria Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(homonym of Blainville, 1830 [Echin.])
Type species: Unio cucumoides Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Eurinea Conrad, 1853
‘Raf., Agas.’ Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(error for Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819 (orig. desig.) = Glebula rotundata

Hyriopsis Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
Type species: Unio delphinus Gruner, 1841 (monotypy) = Hyriopsis bialata

Iridella Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267. [nomen nudum]

Lanceolaria Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio grayanus Lea, 1834 (orig. desig.) = Lanceolaria grayii

Monodontina Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 269.
Type species: Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Nodularia Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(renamed Nodularidia Cockerell, 1901)
Type species: Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 (orig. desig.) = Nodularia douglasiae

Parreysia Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
Type species: Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847 (orig. desig.) = Parreysia corrugata

Plectomerus Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 260.
Type species: Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831 (sub. desig. by Ortmann & Walker, 1922: 9) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Pleiodon Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 178.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(renamed Pliodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834 (monotypy) = Pleiodon ovatus

Uniomerus Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio declivis Say, 1831 (sub. desig. by Frierson, 1927: 34, 10) = Uniomerus declivis
 
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