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Publication Ferussac (1835): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

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

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta ambigua Say = Simpsonaias ambigua

Alasmodonta atropurpureum (Rafinesque) = Alasmidonta atropurpurea

Alasmodonta badium (Rafinesque) = Alasminota holstonia

Alasmodonta confragosa Say, Conrad = Arcidens confragosus

Alasmodonta costata Raf. = Lasmigona costata
+ Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823

Alasmodonta dubia Say = Simpsonaias ambigua
+ Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834

Alasmodonta hians Raf. = Lasmigona costata

Alasmodonta margaritifera (Linné) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823

Alasmodonta marginata Say, Raf. = Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Decurambis scriptum Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio cariosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828

Alasmodonta marginata Say, Raf. = Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmodonta monodonta (Say) = Cumberlandia monodonta
+ Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831

Alasmodonta papyraceum (Rafinesque)

Alasmodonta ponderosa (Rafinesque) = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Alasmodonta radiata Conrad = Strophitus radiatus

Alasmodonta raveneliana (Lea) = Alasmidonta raveneliana

Alasmodonta rugosum (Rafinesque) = Lasmigona costata

Alasmodonta sculptilis Say, Conrad = Alasmidonta undulata

Alasmodonta sulcatum (Rafinesque)

Alasmodonta undulata Say, Barn. = Alasmidonta varicosa
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio glabratus Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821

Alasmodonta undulata Say, Barn. = Alasmidonta undulata

Alasmodonta viridis (Rafinesque)

Anodonta areolatus Swains. = Strophitus undulatus

Anodonta atra Raf. = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta benedictensis Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta cataracta Say = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
+ Anodonta fluviatilis Bosc, 1801
+ Mytilus illitus Lightfoot, 1786
+ Anodonta parallela of Authors, unknown year

Anodonta cataracta Say = Pyganodon fragilis

Anodonta cataracta Say = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta cuneata Raf. = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta declivis Conrad = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta digonota Raf. = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta edentula Say = Strophitus undulatus

Anodonta ferussaciana Lea = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Anodonta fragilis Lam. = Pyganodon fragilis

Anodonta gibbosa Say = Pyganodon gibbosa

Anodonta glauca Valenc. = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta grandis Say = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta imbecillis Say = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta implicata Say = Utterbackiana implicata

Anodonta impura Say

Anodonta incerta Nob., Lea = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta inflata Rafin. = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta lata Rafin. = Hemistena lata
+ Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
+ Unio oriens Lea, 1831
+ Anodonta prelonga Rafinesque, 1832
+ Odatelia radiata Rafinesque, 1832

Anodonta lugubris Say = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta marginata Say = Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta marginata Say = Strophitus undulatus

Anodonta plana Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta stewartiana Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta suborbiculata Say = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodonta subvexus Conrad = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Anodonta teres Conrad = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta undulata Say = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822

Cyclas æqualis [sic] Raf. = Pisidium dubium

Cyclas caroliniana Bosc = Polymesoda caroliniana
+ [Tellina ?] cyrena of Authors, unknown year

Cyclas dubia Say = Pisidium dubium

Cyclas edentula Say = Sphaerium striatinum

Cyclas hammalis (Raf.)

Cyclas lasmanpsis [sic] Raf. = Sphaerium simile

Cyclas partumeia Say = Sphaerium partumeium

Cyclas rhomboidea Say = Sphaerium rhomboideum

Cyclas sarratogea Lam. = Sphaerium simile

Cyclas similis Say = Sphaerium striatinum
+ Cyclas striatina Lamarck, 1818

Cyclas similis Say = Sphaerium simile

Cyclas staminea Conrad = Sphaerium striatinum

Cyclas sulcata Lam. = Sphaerium simile

Cyclas transversa Say = Sphaerium transversum

Cyclas triangularis Say = Sphaerium triangulare

Cyclas virginica (Gmelin) = Pisidium dubium
+ Cyclas pusilla Turton, 1822

Cyclas virginica (Gmelin) = Euglesa personata

Dipsas fragilis (Raf.) = Potamilus fragilis

Symphynota alata Lea [sic] = Potamilus alatus
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Symphynota complanata Lea [sic] = Lasmigona complanata

Symphynota compressa Lea = Platynaias compressa

Symphynota diaphanus Raf.

Symphynota fragilis Raf. = Potamilus fragilis
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio planus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823

Symphynota globosa Lea = Potamilus capax

Symphynota inflata Lea = Potamilus inflatus
+ Unio ohiensis Say, 1834
+ Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834

Symphynota inflata Lea = Potamilus ohiensis

Symphynota lasmabrachis [sic] Raf.

Symphynota leptodon Raf. = Potamilus leptodon
+ Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829
+ Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
+ Unio leptodon Conrad, 1836

Symphynota ohiensis Raf. = Potamilus ohiensis
+ Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829

Symphynota poulsoni Conrad = Potamilus purpuratus

Unio acutissimus Lea = Medionidus acutissimus

Unio altilis Conrad = Hamiota altilis

Unio apiculatus Say = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio asper Lea, 1831

Unio arctatus Conrad = Elliptio arctata

Unio arcus Conrad = Elliptio arca

Unio attenuata Raf. = Sagittunio nasutus

Unio augustatus [sic] Lea = Elliptio angustata

Unio blandingianus Lea = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio brevialis Sow. = Obovaria olivaria

Unio bullatus Raf. = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio calceolus Lea = Pressodonta viridis
+ Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1834
+ Alasmodonta truncata Conrad, 1834

Unio camelus Lea = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio camptodon Say = Uniomerus tetralasmus

Unio capax Green = Potamilus capax

Unio capillaris Lea = Epioblasma personata

Unio capsaeformis Lea = Epioblasma capsaeformis

Unio cardium Raf. = Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819

Unio cardium Raf. = Lampsilis cardium

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ovata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio cariosus Say = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio carolinianus Bosc = Uniomerus carolinianus
+ Unio obesus Lea, 1831

Unio castaneus Lea = Obovaria arkansasensis

Unio castaneus Raf.

Unio cælatus Conrad = Lemiox rimosus

Unio chloris Raf.

Unio cicatricosus Say = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio cyphia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio varicosus Lea, 1831

Unio cicatricosus Say = Plethobasus cicatricosus

Unio cinerescens Raf.

Unio clava Lam. = Pleurobema clava
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834

Unio cliffordiana Raf.

Unio complanatus Soland., Dilw. = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio violaceus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817
+ Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sulcidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glabrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio fluviatilis Green, 1827
+ Unio (Elliptio) aurata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio confertus Lea = Elliptio icterina

Unio congaræus Lea = Elliptio congaraea

Unio conradicus Lea = Medionidus conradicus

Unio cor Conrad = Fusconaia cor

Unio cordatus Raf. = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio costatus Raf. = Amblema plicata
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio undulata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio costatus Raf. = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio crassus Say, Raf. = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Mya gravis Wood, 1828
+ Unio cariosus Wood, 1828

Unio cuneatus Raf. = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio patulus Lea, 1829

Unio cyclips Raf. = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831
+ Obliquaria (Sintoxia) calendis Rafinesque, 1831

Unio cyclips Raf. = Lampsilis abrupta

Unio cylindricus Say = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio (Eurynia) solenoides Rafinesque, 1820

Unio cyphia [sic] Raf. = Plethobasus cyphyus
+ Unio aesopus Green, 1827

Unio decisus Lea = Pleurobema decisum
+ Unio scalenius Say, 1834

Unio declivis Say = Uniomerus declivis
+ Unio geometricus Lea, 1834

Unio decorticata Raf. = Glebula rotundata

Unio delumbis Conrad = Villosa delumbis

Unio dilatatus Raf. = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) atroviolacea Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) cuprea Rafinesque, 1820

Unio diploderma Raf.

Unio donaciformis Lea? = Truncilla donaciformis
+ Unio nervosa Conrad, 1834

Unio dromas Lea = Dromus dromas

Unio elliptica Raf. = Pleurobema clava

Unio fabalis Lea = Paetulunio fabalis
+ Unio lapillus Say, 1831

Unio fasciatus Raf., Say = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823

Unio fasciolaris Raf. = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio fasciolus Raf. (son ex.) = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio subovatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio fasciolus Say, 1834

Unio fasciolus Raf. (son ex.) = Lampsilis fasciola

Unio flavus Raf. = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio rubiginosus Lea, 1829

Unio flexuosus Raf. = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio flexus Raf.

Unio foliatus Hildr. = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio fontinalis Raf.

Unio fulvus Lea = Elliptio congaraea

Unio fulvus Raf. = Eurynia dilatata

Unio furvus Conrad = Pleurobema rubellum

Unio gibbosus Raf. = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
+ Epioblasma biloba Rafinesque, 1831

Unio gibbosus Raf. = Epioblasma rangiana

Unio glans Lea = Toxolasma lividum

Unio granulatus Raf.

Unio greenii Conrad = Ptychobranchus greenii

Unio griffithianus Lea = Elliptio complanata

Unio heros Say = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio undulatus Say, 1831

Unio heterodon Lea = Prolasmidonta heterodon

Unio icterinus Conrad = Elliptio icterina

Unio infucatus Conrad = Pustulosa infucata

Unio interruptus Raf. = Epioblasma brevidens
+ Unio brevidens Lea, 1831

Unio interruptus Raf. = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio iris Lea = Cambarunio iris
+ Unio subrostratus Küster, 1861

Unio kirtlandicus [sic] Lea = Fusconaia subrotunda

Unio lacrymosus Lea = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio quadrulus Say, 1834

Unio lanceolatus Lea = Elliptio lanceolata

Unio lateralis Raf. = Fusconaia flava

Unio lævigatus [sic] Raf. = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio lens Lea = Obovaria subrotunda
+ Unio laevigatus Say, 1834

Unio lienosus Conrad = Leaunio lienosus

Unio ligamentina Lam. = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) ellipsaria Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio lineolatus Say, 1834

Unio ligamentina Lam. = Ellipsaria lineolata

Unio lineolatus Raf. = Ellipsaria lineolata
+ Obliquaria (Plagiola) depressa Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio securis Lea, 1829

Unio lividus Raf. = Toxolasma lividum

Unio maculatus Conrad = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Unio marginatus Raf.

Unio masoni Conrad = Fusconaia masoni

Unio metallicus Say = Popenaias metallica
+ Unio cuprinus Lea, 1831

Unio metanevrus Raf. = Theliderma metanevra
+ Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823

Unio metaplata Raf. = Truncilla truncata

Unio modioliformis Lea = Villosa vibex

Unio montanus Raf.

Unio mytiloides Raf. = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio cardiacea Guérin-Méneville, 1823
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820

Unio mytiloides Raf. = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio nashvillianus Lea = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio nasutus Say, Barn. = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio nebulosus Conrad = Cambarunio nebulosus

Unio nervosus Raf. = Truncilla donaciformis
+ Unio zigzag Lea, 1829

Unio nervosus Raf. = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio nexus Say = Epioblasma arcaeformis
+ Unio arcaeformis Lea, 1831

Unio niger Raf., Say = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
+ Bariosta ponderosus Rafinesque, 1831

Unio niger Raf., Say = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio nodulatus Raf. = Pustulosa nodulata
+ Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831

Unio obliqua Lam. = Reginaia ebenus
+ Obovaria obovalis Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio ebenus Lea, 1831
+ Unio obliquus Wood, 1828

Unio obliqua Lam. = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio obliqua Lam. = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio obliquatus Raf. = Epioblasma haysiana
+ Unio haysianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio ridibundus Say, 1829

Unio obliquatus Raf. = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio ochraceus Say, Conrad = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio olivarius Raf. = Obovaria olivaria
+ Unio olivarius Conrad, 1834
+ Unio ellipsis Lea, 1828

Unio ovatus Say = Lampsilis ovata
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819

Unio oviformis Conrad = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio pachostea Raf. = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio cooperianus Lea, 1834

Unio pachostea Raf. = Plethobasus cooperianus

Unio pallens Raf. = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio pallidus Raf. = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio parvus Barn. = Toxolasma parvum

Unio pectorosus Conrad = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Unio penitus Conrad = Epioblasma penita

Unio perdix Lea = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Unio perovalis Conrad = Hamiota perovalis

Unio perovatus Conrad = Pleurobema perovatum

Unio perplexus Raf.

Unio personatus Say = Epioblasma personata

Unio phaseolus Hildr., Say = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
+ Unio mucronatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) sinuata Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria bicolor Rafinesque, 1831

Unio phaseolus Hildr., Say = Eurynia dilatata

Unio pictus Lea = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio pileus Lea = Epioblasma personata

Unio plateolus Raf. = Medionidus conradicus

Unio plicatus Say, Barn., Hildr. = Amblema plicata
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio costatus Conrad, 1836
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio crassus Barnes, 1823

Unio plicatus Say, Barn., Hildr. = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio plumbeus Nob. = Lamprotula plumbea
+ Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815

Unio plumbeus Nob. = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Unio politus Say = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831
+ Unio personatus Conrad, 1834

Unio prasinus Conrad = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio purpuratus Lam. = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829

Unio purpuriatus Say = Disconaias purpuriata

Unio pustulosus Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio bullatus Conrad, 1838

Unio quadrulus Raf. = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio asperrimus Lea, 1831

Unio radiatus Spengl., Gmel., Lam. = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus Spengl., Gmel., Lam. = Elliptio complanata

Unio raveneli Conrad = Elliptio icterina

Unio ravenelianus Lea = Pleurobema oviforme

Unio rectus Lam., Valenc. = Ligumia recta
+ Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

Unio reflexus Raf. = Obliquaria reflexa
+ Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823

Unio retusa Lam. = Obovaria retusa
+ Obovaria torsa Rafinesque, 1820

Unio retusus Raf. = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio rimosus Raf. = Lemiox rimosus

Unio rivularis Raf.

Unio roseus Raf. = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio rubellus Conrad = Pleurobema rubellum

Unio schoolcraftensis Lea = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio shepardianus Lea = Elliptio shepardiana

Unio siliquoideus Barn. = Lampsilis siliquoidea
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio rigidus Wood, 1828

Unio siliquoideus Barn. = Elliptio complanata

Unio sintoxia Raf. = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio sowerbianus Lea = Epioblasma haysiana

Unio stapes Lea = Theliderma stapes
+ Unio retusus Say, 1834

Unio stegarius Raf. = Cyprogenia stegaria
+ Unio irroratus Lea, 1828

Unio stramineus Conrad = Lampsilis straminea

Unio suborbiculatus Lam. = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio glebulus Say, 1831
+ Unio subglobosus Lea, 1834

Unio subrostratus Say = Sagittunio subrostratus

Unio subrotundus Raf. = Reginaia ebenus
+ Unio rotundus Wood, 1828
+ Unio circulus Lea, 1829
+ Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
+ Obliquaria (Rotundaria) pusilla Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obovaria striata Rafinesque, 1820

Unio subrotundus Raf. = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio subtentus Say = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Unio taitianus Lea = Pleurobema taitianum

Unio tæniatus Conrad = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio tenebrosus Conrad = Lampsilis radiata

Unio tenellus [sic] Raf. = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio teres Raf. = Lampsilis teres
+ Unio anodontoides Lea, 1831

Unio tetralasmus Say = Uniomerus tetralasmus

Unio torulosus Raf. = Epioblasma torulosa
+ Unio gibbosus Ferussac, 1835

Unio trabalis Conrad = Venustaconcha trabalis

Unio trapezoïdes Lea = Plectomerus dombeyanus
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio interruptus Say, 1831

Unio triangularis Raf. = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio triqueter Raf. = Epioblasma triquetra
+ Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
+ Unio cuneatus Swainson, 1823
+ Unio formosus Lea, 1831

Unio troostensis Lea = Venustaconcha troostensis

Unio truncatus Raf. = Truncilla truncata
+ Unio elegans Lea, 1831

Unio tuberculatus Raf. = Cyclonaias tuberculata
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio verrucosus purpureus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio tuberculosus Valenciennes, 1827

Unio undatus Barn. = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio trigonus Lea, 1831

Unio velum Say = Potamilus leptodon

Unio ventricosus Barn. = Lampsilis cardium
+ Unio cardium Conrad, 1834

Unio venus Raf. = Elliptio crassidens

Unio verrucosa Raf., Say = Quadrula verrucosa
+ Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823

Unio verrucosus Val. = Pustulosa pustulosa
+ Unio verrucosus albus Hildreth, 1828

Unio verrucosus Val. = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio vibex Conrad = Villosa vibex

Unio viridis Raf. = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio vittatus [sic] Raf. = Ortmanniana pectorosa

Unio zonalis Raf. = Obovaria subrotunda

 
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