MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

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 Gould (1852): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusc and Shells. United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1841, 1942 12. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon cognata Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 435, figs. 546-546b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5930, Oregon.

Anodon feminalis Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 436, figs. 547-547b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5932, Oregon.

Anodonta puberula Gould, 1852
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 434, pl. 548, a, b.
(new name for Anodon glauca Gould, 1850)
Type(s): TYPE USNM_5933, Peru.

Lucina lenticula Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 259.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 413, pl. 36, fig. 528 [as ‘Cyclas’].

Unio famelicus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 294.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 432, figs. 544-544b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5929, Oregon.

Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295. [in part]
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 428. [in part]
Gould, 1856. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 37, 542a-b. [in part]
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_5927 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 462), N. Zealand.

Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295. [in part]
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 428. [in part]
Gould, 1856. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 37, fig. 542c. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850)
Type(s): PARATYPES USNM_87847, New Zealand.

Unio profugus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 429.
Gould, 1862. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: pl. 28, figs. 543-543b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_5928, Hunter’s R. N.S.Wales.

Unio verecundus Gould, 1850
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 295.
Gould, 1852. U.S. Explor. Exped. 12: 431, figs. 541a-c.
Type(s): TYPE USNM_5926, Manilla.

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."