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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Conrad (1837): summary
publication summary Complete CitationConrad, T.A. 1837. 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(8): 65-72, pls. 36-40. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta carinifera Conrad, 1837
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): back cover.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MUMNH_UNI2823 (by Jeratthitikul et al., 2022), Huai Yang Stream, Thailand. | |
Unio collinus Conrad, 1837
 Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 65, pl. 36, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1840. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 2(12): 109, pl. 60, figs. 3.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 247.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ANSP_41007, Rockbridge Co., Va. | |
Unio greenii Conrad, 1834
 Conrad, 1834. New Fresh-Water Shells: 32, pl. 4, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 69, pl. 38, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
Type(s): SYNTYPE USNM_84950, [Black Warrior River] Alabama. | |
Unio politus Conrad, 1837
Say, 1834. Amer. Conch. 6: ??. [nomen nudum]
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 67, pl. 37, fig. 2. | |
Unio rudis Conrad, 1837
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): 76, pl. 43, fig. 1.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 257.
(new name for Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834) | |
Unio gibbosus var. perobliquus Conrad, 1836
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 51, pl. 27, fig. 2.
Conrad, 1837. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(8): back cover.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Amblema gibbosa Rafinesque, 1820)
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_008, Wabash River, Indiana. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsUnio capsaeformis Lea, 1834 = Epioblasma capsaeformis Unio collinus Conrad, 1837 = Parvaspina collina Unio compressus (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa Unio greenii Conrad, 1834 = Ptychobranchus greenii Unio nexus Say, 1831 = Epioblasma arcaeformis
+ Unio arcaeformis Lea, 1831 Unio perobliquus Conrad, 1836 = Epioblasma perobliqua Unio politus Say, 1834 = Fusconaia subrotunda
+ Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831 Unio shepardianus Lea, 1834 = Elliptio shepardiana Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834 = Epioblasma haysiana
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