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Publication Rafinesque (1831): summary
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Complete Citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1831. Continuation of a monograph of the bivalve shells of the river Ohio and other rivers of the western states. By Prof. C.S. Rafinesque. (Published at Brussels, September, 1820) Containing 46 species, from No. 76 to no. 121. Including an appendix on some bivalve shells of the rivers of Hindostan, with a supplement on the fossil bivalves of the Western states, and the Tulosites, a new genus of fossils. 8 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

There are 16 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (28 total).
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Attributed Nominal Species

There are 63 available nominal species attributed to this publication (72 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831 = Lasmigona costata

Anodonta digonota Rafinesque, 1831 = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta inflata Rafinesque, 1831 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta inflata var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1831 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta inflata var. viridis Rafinesque, 1831 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta inflata var. zonalis Rafinesque, 1831 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta rufa Rafinesque, 1831 = Potamilus ohiensis

Bariosta cultratus (Rafinesque, 1831) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) sinuata Rafinesque, 1820

Bariosta diaphanus Rafinesque, 1831

Bariosta diaphanus var. lineolata Rafinesque, 1831

Bariosta diploderma Rafinesque, 1831

Bariosta fulvus Rafinesque, 1831 = Eurynia dilatata

Bariosta fulvus var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1831 = Eurynia dilatata

Bariosta fulvus var. rufa Rafinesque, 1831 = Eurynia dilatata

Bariosta lasmabrachys Rafinesque, 1831

Bariosta montanus Rafinesque, 1831

Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Bariosta vittatis Rafinesque, 1831 = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Bariosta (Lemiox) rimosus Rafinesque, 1831 = Lemiox rimosus

Decurambis atropurpureum Rafinesque, 1831 = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831 = Alasmidonta marginata
+ Decurambis literata Rafinesque, 1831

Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831 = Cristaria plicata
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829

Diplasma marginata Rafinesque, 1831

Diplasma similis Rafinesque, 1831

Diplasma (Hemisolasma) striata Rafinesque, 1831 = Indonaia rugosa

Diplasma (Hemisolasma) vitrea Rafinesque, 1831

Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831 = Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma biloba var. pallida Rafinesque, 1831 = Epioblasma rangiana

Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis argyratus Rafinesque, 1831 = Indonaia caerulea

Lampsilis fulgens Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lasmigona marginata (Say, 1819) = Alasmidonta marginata

Lasmigona ponderosa Rafinesque, 1831 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Lasmigona rugosa = Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona sulcata Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmigona viridis Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmigona viridis var. chloris Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmigona viridis var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmigona viridis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1831

Lasmonos fragilis Rafinesque, 1831 = Potamilus fragilis

Loncosilla solenoides Rafinesque, 1831 = Novaculina gangetica

Obliquaria bicolor Rafinesque, 1831 = Eurynia dilatata

Obliquaria pallens Rafinesque, 1831 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Obliquaria plateolus Rafinesque, 1831 = Medionidus conradicus

Obliquaria rivularis Rafinesque, 1831

Obliquaria violacea (Rafinesque, 1831) = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820

Obliquaria (Aximedia) castaneus Rafinesque, 1831

Obliquaria (Aximedia) corrugata = Parreysia corrugata

Obliquaria (Aximedia) elliptica (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava

Obliquaria (Aximedia) levigata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria subrotunda

Obliquaria (Aximedia) teneltus Rafinesque, 1831 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Obliquaria (Aximedia) venus Rafinesque, 1831 = Elliptio crassidens

Obliquaria (Plagiola) compressus (Rafinesque, 1831) = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820

Obliquaria (Quadrula) premorsus (Rafinesque, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) retusa Rafinesque, 1820

Obliquaria (Scalenaria) fontinalis Rafinesque, 1831

Obliquaria (Sintoxia) calendis Rafinesque, 1831 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Obliquaria (Sintoxia) chloris Rafinesque, 1831

Pterosyna complanata (Say) = Lasmigona complanata

Sulcularia badia Rafinesque, 1831 = Alasminota holstonia

Sulcularia papyracea Rafinesque, 1831

Toxolasma cinerescens Rafinesque, 1831

Toxolasma cyclips Rafinesque, 1831 = Lampsilis abrupta

Toxolasma cyclips var. fuscata Rafinesque, 1831 = Lampsilis abrupta

Toxolasma cyclips var. lutescens Rafinesque, 1831 = Lampsilis abrupta

Toxolasma flexus Rafinesque, 1831

Toxolasma lividus Rafinesque, 1831 = Toxolasma lividum

Truncilla granulata Rafinesque, 1831

Truncilla metaplata Rafinesque, 1831 = Truncilla truncata

Truncilla metaplata var. vittata Rafinesque, 1831 = Truncilla truncata

Truncilla perplexa Rafinesque, 1831

Unio (Eurynia) recta Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820