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

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Publication Ferussac (1835): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ferussac. 1835. Magasin de Zoologie 5. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmidonta dubia Ferussac, 1835
‘Say’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26.
(error for Alasmodonta ambigua Say, 1825)

Alasmodonta hians Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(reference to Amblasmodon hians Rafinesque, 1831)

Anodon purpurescens Ferussac, 1835
‘Swainson’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(error for Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823)

Anodonta digonota Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(reference to Anodonta (Flexiplis?) digonota Rafinesque, 1831)

Anodonta ferussaciana Ferussac, 1835
‘Lea’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta ferussaciana Lea, 1834)

Anodonta marginata Ferussac, 1835
‘Say’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta marginata Say, 1817)

Cyclas aequalis Lamarck, 1835
Lamarck, 1835. unknown publication: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 62.
‘Rafinesque’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 174.
(error for Cyclas (Phymesoda) equalis Rafinesque, 1820)

Cyclas lasmanpsis Lamarck, 1835
Lamarck, 1835. unknown publication: ??.
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
(error for Cyclas (Amesoda) lasmampsis Rafinesque, 1820)

Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797
‘Solander’ Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 56.
‘Solander’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26 [as ‘U.ventricosa’].
(intro'd as syn of Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819)

Mytilus chemnitzii Ferussac, 1835
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 140.
(reference to Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835)

Symphynota lasmabranchis Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
(error for Bariosta lasmabrachys Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio arctatus Ferussac, 1835
‘Conrad’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
(misidentified reference to Unio arctatus Conrad, 1834)

Unio augustatus Ferussac, 1835
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [1].
(error for Unio angustatus Lea, 1831)

Unio cyclips Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
(reference to Toxolasma cyclips Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio dombeiana Ferussac, 1835
‘Valenciennes’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 27, 33.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 175.
(error for Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827)

Unio fasciolus Ferussac, 1835
‘Raf.’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26.
(reference to Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio gibbosus Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 50, pl. 27, fig. 1.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 41, figs. 41a-b.
(reference to Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio globulus Ferussac, 1835
‘Say’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 23, sp. 106.
(error for Unio glebulus Say, 1831)

Unio interruptus Conrad, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 69.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 88, pl. 48.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 14, sp. 56.
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Plagiola) interrupta Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio kirtlandicus Ferussac, 1835
‘Lea’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
(error for Unio kirtlandianus Lea, 1834)

Unio laevigatus Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: [no pagination].
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 59.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 57.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 251.
Ortmann, 1921. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 8: 92.
(error for Unio (Aximedia) levigata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 89.
Conrad, 1835. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(1): 5.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 246.
(intro'd as syn of Unio clava Lamarck, 1819)

Unio obliqua Ferussac, 1835
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(9): 77, pl. 43, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)

Unio olivarius Conrad, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28, 34.
(reference to Amblema olivaria Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio proelongus Ferussac, 1835
‘Barnes’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 27.
(error for Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823)

Unio stegarius Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(10): 83, pl. 46, fig. 1.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 12, sp. 45.
(reference to Obovaria stegaria Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio subrotundus Ferussac, 1835
‘selon Say’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 26.
(reference to Obliquaria (Rotundaria) subrotunda Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio tenellus Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
(error for Obliquaria (Aximedia) teneltus Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio torulosus Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 28.
(misidentified reference to Amblema torulosa Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio viridis Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 27.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Elliptio) viridis Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio vittatus Ferussac, 1835
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 29.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 58.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 92.
(error for Bariosta vittatis Rafinesque, 1831)

 
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