| Page last updated
Thu 17 July 2025 |
The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Publication Conrad (1838): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationConrad, T.A. 1838. Monography of the Family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells) or North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature 2(11): 95-102, pls. 52-56. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesUnio cerinus Conrad, 1838
 Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 95, pl. 52.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 246.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_41644, New Orleans, La. | |
Unio cuneus Conrad, 1838
 Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 105, pl. 58, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ANSP_41645, Arkansas River. | |
Unio declivis Conrad, 1836
‘Say’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 45, pl. 23, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘U. sayanus Ward’].
(misidentified reference to Unio declivis Say, 1831) | |
Unio excultus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 99, pl. 55, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 249. | |
Unio iridescens Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover. | |
Unio latiradiatus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 96, pl. 53.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 251.
(new name for Unio interruptus Lea, 1838) | |
Unio lenis Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 106, pl. 58, fig. 2. | |
Unio melinus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 101, pl. 56, fig. 1. | |
Unio metastriatus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 104, pl. 57, fig. 2.
Type(s): TYPE LOST ANSP_UNKNOWN, Black Warrior River, near Blount Springs [Blount Co.], Alabama. | |
Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
‘Say’ Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 38, pl. 18, fig. 1 [upper]. [in part]
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘U. fisherianus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Unio nasutus Say, 1817) | |
Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
‘Say’ Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 38, pl. 18, fig. 1 [lower]. [in part]
(reference to Unio nasutus Say, 1817) | |
Unio planilateris Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 103, pl. 57, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255 [as ‘planitaleris’]. | |
Unio pullus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 100, pl. 55, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 255. | |
Unio saxeus Conrad, 1838
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 109, pl. 60, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 257. | |
Unio sayanus Conrad, 1838
‘Ward’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 102, pl. 56, fig. 2.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [5].
(error for Unio sayii Tappan, 1839) | |
Unio subinflatus Conrad, 1835
 Conrad, 1835. New Fresh-Water Shells, Appendix: 5, pl. 9, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): 97, pl. 54, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 258.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ANSP_119985, Augusta, Ga. | |
Unio lienosus variety constrictus Conrad, 1838
 Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 91, pl. 49, fig. 4.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘Unio constrictus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 247 [as ‘Unio constrictus’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56465A, North River, Rockbridge Co., Va. | |
|
