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Publication Rafinesque (1819): summary
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Complete Citation

Rafinesque, C.S. 1819. Prodrome de 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle 88: 417-429. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Amblema Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 314.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 57.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Rafinesque, 1831: ??) = Amblema plicata

Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 291.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 37.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Ortmann, 1912: 266) = Elliptio crassidens

Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 297.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 42.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 436) = Eurynia dilatata

Obovaria Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 310 [as ‘Obovaria’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 54.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819 (ICZN) = Obovaria retusa

Plagiola Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 302 [as ‘Obliquaria (Plagiola)’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 46.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 279) = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Pleurobema Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 313 [as ‘Pleurobema’].
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 56.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 291) = Pleurobema clava

Proptera Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 426.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; renamed Metaptera Rafinesque, 1820)

Truncilla Rafinesque, 1819
Rafinesque, 1818. Amer. Mon. Mag. 4: 107 [nomen nudum].
Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427.
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 300.
Rafinesque, 1831. Continuation: 4.
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 24, 29, 45, 76.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1849: 628) = Truncilla truncata

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 24 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Unio (Amblema) ovalis Rafinesque, 1819

Unio (Eurynia) dilatata = Eurynia dilatata

Unio (Eurynia) latissima = Ligumia recta

Unio (Eurynia) solenoides = Theliderma cylindrica

Unio (Obovaria) crassa Rafinesque, 1819

Unio (Obovaria) obovalis = Reginaia ebenus

Unio (Obovaria) retusa = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio (Obovaria) subrotunda = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio (Obovaria) syntoxis = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio (Obovaria) torsa = Obovaria retusa

Unio (Plagiola) depressa = Ellipsaria lineolata

Unio (Plagiola) fasciolaris = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio (Plagiola) flava = Fusconaia flava

Unio (Plagiola) leptodon Rafinesque, 1820 = Potamilus leptodon

Unio (Plagiola) obliquatus = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio (Plagiola) verrucosa = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio (Pleurobema) conica Rafinesque, 1819

Unio (Pleurobema) mytiloides = Pleurobema clava

Unio (Proptera) alata = Potamilus alatus

Unio (Proptera) pallida (Rafinesque, 1820) = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio (Proptera) phaiedra (Rafinesque, 1818)

Unio (Truncilla) triquetra = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio (Truncilla) truncata = Truncilla truncata

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