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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Conrad (1836): summary
publication summary Complete CitationConrad, T.A. 1836. Monography of the Family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells) or North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature 1(5): 41-48, pls. 21-25. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta virgata Conrad, 1836
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): back cover.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263 [as ‘Strophitus virgatus’]. | |
Unio caridacea Conrad, 1836
‘Guérin’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 41.
(error for Unio cardiacea Guérin-Méneville, 1823) | |
Unio cordatus Conrad, 1836
‘Raf.’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 48, pl. 25.
(misidentified reference to Obovaria cordata Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Unio declivis Conrad, 1836
‘Say’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 45, pl. 23, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1838. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(11): back cover correginda [as ‘U. sayanus Ward’].
(misidentified reference to Unio declivis Say, 1831) | |
Unio dilatatus Say, 1834
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 42, pl. 21.
(reference to Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Unio rivularis Conrad, 1853
 ‘Say’ Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(5): 45, pl. 23, fig. 1 [as ‘U. declivis’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 257.
Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 296.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_42852, small creek in Greene Co., Ala. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsUnio blandingianus Lea, 1834 = Uniomerus carolinianus Unio cordatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema cordatum Unio declivis Say, 1831 = Uniomerus declivis
+ Unio geometricus Lea, 1834 Unio dilatatus Rafinesque, 1820 = Eurynia dilatata
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) cuprea Rafinesque, 1820
+ Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) atroviolacea Rafinesque, 1820 Unio mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava
+ Obliquaria rubra Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio pyramidatus Lea, 1831
+ Unio cardiacea Guérin-Méneville, 1823 Unio mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia Unio personatus Say, 1829 = Epioblasma personata
+ Unio capillaris Lea, 1834 Unio tuberculatus (Rafinesque, 1820) = Cyclonaias tuberculata
+ Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio tuberculosus Valenciennes, 1827
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