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

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Publication Barnes (1823): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Barnes, D.W. 1823. On the genera Unio and Alasmodonta; with introductory remarks. American Journal of Science and Arts 6 (1-2): 107-127; 258-280 + 13 plates. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 24 available nominal species attributed to this publication (26 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta arcuata = Margaritifera margaritifera

Alasmodonta complanata = Lasmigona complanata

Alasmodonta marginata = Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmodonta rugosa = Lasmigona costata

Alasmodonta undulata = Alasmidonta undulata

Unio alatus = Potamilus alatus

Unio carinatus = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio cariosus = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio cornutus = Obliquaria reflexa

Unio crassus = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya ponderosa Dillwyn, 1817

Unio crassus = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio crassus = Gibbosula crassa

Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio cuneatus = Elliptio crassidens

Unio ellipticus = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817
+ Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786

Unio ellipticus = Elliptio complanata

Unio gibbosus = Eurynia dilatata

Unio gracilis = Potamilus fragilis

Unio inflatus = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Unio mucronatus = Eurynia dilatata

Unio nasutus = Sagittunio nasutus

Unio nodosus = Theliderma metanevra

Unio ovatus = Lampsilis ovata

Unio parvus = Toxolasma parvum

Unio planus = Potamilus fragilis

Unio plicatus = Amblema plicata
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819

Unio prælongus = Potamilus purpuratus
+ Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819

Unio prælongus = Ligumia recta

Unio purpureus = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rarisulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio coarctata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rhombula Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio carinifera Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio georgina Lamarck, 1819

Unio radiatus = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Unio ochraceus Say, 1817

Unio radiatus = Lampsilis radiata

Unio rugosus = Quadrula quadrula

Unio siliquoideus = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Unio triangularis = Epioblasma triquetra

Unio tuberculatus = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio undatus = Pleurobema cordatum
+ Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819

Unio undatus = Fusconaia flava

Unio undulatus = Amblema plicata
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819

Unio ventricosus = Lampsilis cariosa
+ Unio cariosus Say, 1817

Unio ventricosus = Lampsilis cardium

Unio verrucosus = Cyclonaias tuberculata

 
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