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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Simpson (1900): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationSimpson, C.T. 1900. New and unfigured Unionidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 52: 74-86. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesLampsilis australis Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 75, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 544.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 94.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_150473, Little Patsaliga Creek, Alabama. | |
Lampsilis brittsi Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 76, pl. 5, figs. 1-2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 533.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 58.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_152700, Little Niangua Riv., Camden Co., Mo. | |
Lampsilis fallaciosus Smith, 1899
 Smith, 1899. Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm. 18: 291, pl. 78 (bottom).
 ‘Smith’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 74, pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_30023A, Ohio R., Sedamsville, Ohio. | |
Lampsilis mearnsi Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 75, pl. 1, fig. 4.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 564.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 150.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_151549 (by R.I. Johnson, 1975: 14), Elm Cr., 27 mi from Ft. Clark, Texas. | |
Nephronaias reticulatus Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 77, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 595.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 268.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_152964, Patook [=Patuca] River, Capunta, Honduras. | |
Nodularia cylindracea Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 84.
(incorrect original spelling of Nodularia cylindrica Simpson, 1900) | |
Nodularia cylindrica Simpson, 1900
Schrenck, 1867. Reise Forsch. Amurlande 2: 694, pl. 27, figs. 1-3 [as ‘Unio grayanus Lea’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 84 [as ‘cylindracea’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 807.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 958.
(correct name for Nodularia cylindracea Simpson, 1900) | |
Pleurobema avellana Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 81, pl. 2, figs. 6-7.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 758.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 778.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE UMMZ_79653, Cahaba River, Alabama. | |
Pleurobema patsaligensis Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 82, pl. 2, fig. 1.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 761.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 788.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_150475, Little Patsaliga Creek, Alabama. | |
Pleurobema swordiana Simpson, 1900
‘Wright’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 81, pl. 4, fig. 4.
(reference to Unio swordianus S.H. Wright, 1897) | |
Pleurobema argentea pannosa Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 82.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 763.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 799.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio argenteus Lea, 1841) | |
Pleurobema brevis subelliptica Simpson, 1900
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 80.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 763 [as ‘subilliptica’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 801.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio brevis Lea, 1872)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_159952, Hardy, Ark. | |
Pseudodon loomisi Simpson, 1900
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 84, pl. 4, fig. 7.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 840.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1101. | |
Ptychobranchus clintonensis Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 79, pl. 5, fig. 3.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 613.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 335.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_124615, Little Red R., near Clinton, Ark. | |
Quadrula flexuosa Simpson, 1900
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 83, pl. 2, fig. 8.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 790.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 887. | |
Quadrula guatemalensis Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 83, pl. 2, fig. 4.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 796.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 909.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) USNM_128991, Usumacinta River, Guatemala. | |
Quadrula rudis Simpson, 1900
  Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 82, pl. 3, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 910.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84210, Rio Taxtunilha, (tributary to the Rio de la Pasion), Guatemala. | |
Unio conjugans B.H. Wright, 1899
 B.H. Wright, 1899. Nautilus 13(8): 89.
 Simpson, 1900. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 52: 79, pl. 4, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_159501, Hiawassa River, Polk Co., Tenn. | |
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