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

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Publication Ravenel (1834): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ravenel, E. 1834. Catalogue of Recent Shells in the Cabinet of Edmund Ravenel, M.D.. 67 pp.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta arcuata Say [sic] = Margaritifera margaritifera

Alasmodonta coarctata (Ravenel, 1834)

Alasmodonta complanata Say = Lasmigona complanata

Alasmodonta marginata (Say, 1819) = Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823 = Lasmigona costata

Alasmodonta undulata (Say, 1817) = Alasmidonta undulata

Anodonta cataracta (Say, 1817) = Pyganodon cataracta

Unio aesopus Green, 1827 = Plethobasus cyphyus

Unio alatus Lam. = Potamilus alatus

Unio angustatus Lea, 1831 = Elliptio angustata

Unio asperimus [sic] Lea, 1831 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio batava Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831 = Indonaia caerulea

Unio cariosus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio circulus Lea, 1829 = Glebula rotundata
+ Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819

Unio circulus Lea, 1829 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio complanata Soland = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819

Unio congareus [sic] Lea, 1831 = Elliptio congaraea

Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823 = Obliquaria reflexa
+ Obliquaria (Quadrula) reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Unio corrugata Lam. = Parreysia corrugata

Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823 = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820

Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819

Unio decisus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema decisum

Unio elipsis [sic] Lea, 1828 = Obovaria olivaria

Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828 = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio formosus Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma triquetra
+ Unio cuneatus Swainson, 1823

Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823 = Eurynia dilatata

Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828 = Quadrula quadrula
+ Unio quadrulus Say, 1834

Unio lens Lea, 1831 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio metanever (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831 = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava

Unio nasutus Say, 1817 = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827

Unio ochraceus Say, 1817 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Unio olivarius Lea, 1831
+ Diplasma (Hemisolasma?) vitrea Rafinesque, 1831

Unio olivarius Lea, 1831 = Indonaia olivaria

Unio ovatus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis ovata

Unio perplexus Lea, 1831 = Epioblasma torulosa

Unio pictorum Lam.

Unio plicata Le Sueur = Amblema plicata
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819

Unio plicata Le Sueur = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831 = Pustulosa nodulata

Unio pustulosus Lea, 1831 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831 = Fusconaia flava
+ Unio undatus Barnes, 1823

Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831 = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) = Lampsilis radiata
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) = Elliptio complanata

Unio rectus Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta

Unio scalenius (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava

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

Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823 = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Unio subovatus Lea, 1831 = Lampsilis cardium

Unio subtentus Say, 1825 = Ptychobranchus subtentus

Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio tæneatus [sic] Ravenel, 1834 = Cambarunio taeniatus

Unio tenerus Ravenel, 1834 = Villosa delumbis

Unio torsus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria retusa

Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823 = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823 = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Unio zigzag Lea, 1829 = Truncilla donaciformis