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

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Publication Say (1831): summary
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Complete Citation

Say. 1831. American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America 3: pls. 21-30. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodonta confragosa Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(22): 339, sp. 2.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 3: pl. 21.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 171, 195.

Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
Say, 1829. New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 308, sp. 5.
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 3: pl. 24.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 225.
(renamed Odatelia radiata Rafinesque, 1832)

Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831
Say, 1831. Amer. Conch. 3: pl. 23.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, Bayou St. John, near New Orleans.

 
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