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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Conrad (1834): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Conrad, T.A. 1834. Descriptions of some new species of fresh water shells from Alabama, Tennessee, etc. . American Journal of Science and Arts 25(2). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodonta radiata Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 341, pl. 1, fig. 10.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263 [as ‘Strophitus radiatus’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_41147, Greene Co., Ala.

Anodonta declivis Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 341, pl. 1, fig. 11.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.

Anodonta subvexa Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 341, pl. 1, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 73.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.

Cyclas staminea Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 342, pl. 1, fig. 5.

Unio arctatus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 340, pl. 1, fig. 9.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 36, pl. 5, fig. 4.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 245.

Unio arcus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 340, pl. 1, fig. 8.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 245.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_56784, Alabama.

Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 338, pl. 1, fig. 1 [as ‘cœlatus’].
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 29, pl. 3, fig. 4 [as ‘cælatus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 245 [as ‘cælatus’].
(correct name for Unio coelatus Conrad, 1834)

Unio coelatus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 338, pl. 1, fig. 1 [as ‘cœlatus’].
(incorrect original spelling of Unio caelatus Conrad, 1834)

Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 339, pl. 1, fig. 4.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(7): 60, pl. 34, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 251.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_9747, Alabama R., Ala.

Unio mytilloides Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 343, pl. 1, fig. 7.
(error for Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio perovatus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 338, pl. 1, fig. 3.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 47, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 254.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_129864 (by Johnson & Baker, 1973: 166), [no locality available - North America].

Unio stramineus Conrad, 1834
Conrad, 1834. Amer. J. Sci. 25(2): 339, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: pl. 7, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 91, pl. 50, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 258.

 
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