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

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Publication Barnes (1823): attributed nominal species
     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 Species

Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 277, pl. 12, figs. 20a-d.

Alasmodonta complanata Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 278, pl. 13, fig. 22a-b.

Alasmodonta rugosa Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 278, pl. 13, fig. 21.

Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 259, pl. 11, figs. 10a-b.

Unio cornutus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 122, pl. 4, figs. 5a-c.

Unio crassus Barnes, 1823
‘Say’ Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 118, figs. 1a-b.
(misidentified reference to Unio crassus Say, 1817)

Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 263.

Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 259, pl. 13, figs. 19a-d.
(homonym of Unio (Aximedia) elliptica Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 262, pl. 11, figs. 12a-b.

Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 274 [‘174’].

Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 266.
(homonym of Unio inflatus Studer, 1820)

Unio mucronatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 266, pl. 13, fig. 13.

Unio nodosus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 124, pl. 6, figs. 7a-b.
(homonym of Unio (Eurynia) solenoides var. nodosa Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio parvus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 274 [‘174’], pl. 13, fig. 18.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Fox River, Wisconsin.

Unio planus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 272, pl. 13, fig. 16.
(homonym of Unio planus Studer, 1820)

Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 261, pl. 13, fig. 11 [as ‘prælongus’].

Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 265.
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)

Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 126, pl. 8, fig. 9a-b.
(homonym of Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801)

Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 269, pl. 13, fig. 15.

Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 272, pl. 13, figs. 17a-b.
Say, 1830. Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 4.

Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 125, pl. 7, figs. 8a-b.
(renamed Quadrula tritogonia Ortmann, 1909)

Unio undatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 121, pl. 4, figs. 4a-b.

Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 120, pl. 2, fig. 2a-b.
(homonym of Unio undulata Say, 1817)

Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 267, pl. 13, figs. 14a-c.

Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 123, pl. 5, figs. 6a-b.

Unio crassus var. giganteus Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 119.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio crassus Say, 1817)

 
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