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Publication information

Adams, H. & A. Adams. 1857. The Genera of Recent Mollusca; Arranged According to their Organization 2: 489-511.

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Attributed Genus Names

Aetheria Oken, 1818
Oken, 1818, Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825, Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827, unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828, Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828, Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846, Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 509.
Bourguignat, 1880, Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Westerlund, 1902, Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)

Alasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819, Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Say, 1825, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827, Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
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: 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)

Muelleria Menke, 1828
‘Férussac’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828, Syn. Method. Moll.: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 98 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Herrmannsen, 1847, Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 61 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Philippi, 1853, Handb. Conch. Mal.: 533.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 511 [as ‘Mülleria’].
(error for Mulleria Férussac, 1824)

Niäa Lea, 1836
‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 33.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 492.
(error for Naia Swainson, 1840)

Eurynea Stimpson, 1851
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Stimpson, 1851, Shells of New England: 13.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 490.
Paetel, 1875, Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 79.
Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 142.
(error for Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820)

Tritogenia Agassiz, 1852
‘Agassiz’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 52.
Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 496.
Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Tritogonia Agassiz, 1852)

Legumia Agassiz, 1852
‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 45.
Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 490.
Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Ligumia Swainson, 1840)

Anodontina Mörch, 1853
‘Schlüter’ of Authors.
Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 502.
Martens, 1900, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 481.
(homonym of Macquart, 1838 [Dipt.]; new name for Anadontina Schlüter, 1838)

Euphira Mörch, 1853
‘Gistel’ of Authors.
Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 28.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 506.
Paetel, 1875, Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 79.
Westerlund, 1902, Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 137.
(error for Eufira Gistl, 1848)

Cyrenodonta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854, Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 240 [as ‘Cyrenodontæ’].
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 453.
(error for Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835)

Musculium Adams & Adams, 1857
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 165, 451.
(reference to Musculium Link, 1807)

Praxis Adams & Adams, 1857
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 522.
(homonym of Guenée, 1852 [Lepid.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Dreissena Beneden, 1835)
Type species: Dreissena africana Beneden, 1835 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 455) = Mytilopsis africana

Egeta Adams & Adams, 1857
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 651.
(new name for Anomala Deshayes, 1854)

Attributed Species Names

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825, Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827, Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828, Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857, [in] Castelnau, Amim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 504.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893, Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900, Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929, Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949, Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1830
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Deshayes, 1830, Enc. Méth. 2: 587.
Jay, 1836, Cat. Rec. Shells: 20 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
Lea, 1838, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 198 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus’].
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 494 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Haas, 1940, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140 [as ‘Caelatura egyptiaca’].
Araujo et al., 2017, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
(error for Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio elongatus Lea, 1836
‘Pfeiffer’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 37.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 491.
Haas, 1952, Nautilus 65(4): 118.
Bogan, 1993, Amer. Zool. 33: 602.
(error for Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825)

Anodonta imbecilis Lea, 1836
‘Say’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 502.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 140.
Clench & Turner, 1956, Bull. Fla. State Mus. 1: 187.
Murray & Leonard, 1962, Handbk. Unionid Muss. Kansas: 95.
R.I. Johnson, 1970, Bull. MCZ 140(6): 362.
Heard, 1975, Malacologia 15(1): 84.
Kat, 1983, Malacologia 23(2): 362.
Hoeh, 1990, Malac. Review 23: 63.
Lydeard et al., 1996, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London (B, Biol. Sci.) 351: 1595.
Rosenberg et al., 1997, J. Moll. Studies 63: 303.
Adamkewicz et al., 1997, MBE 14(6): 622.
(error for Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829)

Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840
Lea, 1840, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 1: 288.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: 222, pl. 18, fig. 39.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 501.
(incorrect original spelling of Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840
Humphrey, 1797, Mus. Col.: ??. [non-binomial]
‘Humphrey’ Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 284, 379, footnote.
‘Humphrey’ Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 509.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965197, British Guayana.

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 497.
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898, Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900, Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928, Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980, Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993, Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997, Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Margaritana curreyana Lea, 1842
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1842, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 8 [O. 3]: pl. 18, fig. 40.
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 42.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 499.
Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 661.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 474.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 21.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 395.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

Margaron (Unio) bucklyi Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 493 [as ‘Unio (Hyridella) bucklyi’].
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 48.
(error for Unio buckleyi Lea, 1843)

Unio hippopaeus Lea, 1852
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 261 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857, Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 497 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 40 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31 [as ‘hippopæus’].
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 767 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 816 [as ‘hippopæa’].
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 61.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 287.
Clarke, 1973, Malacologia 13(1-2): 35.
Burch, 1975, Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 165.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997, Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
He & Zhuang, 2013, Freshwater Bivalves China: 27.
(error for Unio hippopoeus Lea, 1845)

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