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Publication Adams & Adams (1857): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Adams, H. & A. Adams. 1857. The Genera of Recent Mollusca; Arranged According to their Organization 2(31-32): 477-540. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta giullaini Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Recluz’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
(error for Anodonta guillaini Récluz, 1850)

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 schaefferiana Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Lea’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 503.
(error for Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852)

Anodonta sulcosa Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Conr.’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 503. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Anodonta viridis Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Lea’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 503. [nomen nudum]
(homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. viridis Rafinesque, 1820)

Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: ??. [non-binomial]
‘Humphrey’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 379, footnote.
‘Humphrey’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965197, British Guayana.

Corbicula brasiliana Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 232.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 447.

Corbicula compressa Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Mousson MS’ Deshayes, 1854. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 227. [nomen nudum]
‘Mousson’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 447.

Corbicula consobrina Adams & Adams, 1857
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 447.
(reference to Cyrena consobrina Cailliaud, 1823)

Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 395.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222, pl. 18, fig. 39.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 501.
(incorrect original spelling of Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Margaron (Unio) bucklyi Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 493 [as ‘Unio (Hyridella) bucklyi’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
(error for Unio buckleyi Lea, 1843)

Mülleria lobata Adams & Adams, 1857
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 193. [nomen nudum]
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511.
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 4a-b.
‘Férussac’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435, fig. 222 [as ‘Mulleria’].

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Unio cincinnatensis Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Lea’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
(error for Unio cincinnatiensis Lea, 1840)

Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Jay, 1836. Cat. Rec. Shells: 20 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 198 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 494 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140 [as ‘Caelatura egyptiaca’].
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
(error for Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio elongatus Lea, 1836
‘Pfeiffer’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 24.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 491.
Haas, 1952. Nautilus 65(4): 118.
Bogan, 1993. Amer. Zool. 33: 602.
(error for Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825)

Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3], [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 101 [as ‘Q. hippopæa’].
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 203 [as ‘Quadrula undulata hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973. Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)

Unio laticostatus Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Singley, 1893. Geol. Surv. Texas (1892): 317.
(error for Unio latecostatus Lea, 1845)

Unio (Hyridella) muehlfeldtianus Adams & Adams, 1857
‘Lea’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 494 [as ‘mühlfeldtianus’].
Ortmann, 1918. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 577.
(error for Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838)

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