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

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This page documents data for Hildreth (1828), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Hildreth, S.P. 1828. Observations on, and descriptions of the shells, found in the waters of the Muskingum River, Little Muskingum and Duck Creek, in the vicinity of Marietta, Ohio. American Journal of Science and Arts 14: 276-.

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Attributed Genus Names

Alasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819, Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823, Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827, Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
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(31-32): 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)

Attributed Species Names

Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: pl. 22.

Unio verrucosus albus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 281.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio radiatus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 286.
(misidentified reference to Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823)

Unio verrucosus purpureus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 281.
(homonym of Unio purpureus Say, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828
‘Barnes’ Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 283.
(misidentified reference to Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823)

Anodonta undulata Hildreth, 1828
‘Say’ of Authors.
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 290.
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
(reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 284, figs. 16a-b.

Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 284.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta complanata

Alasmodonta rugosa

Anodonta undulata

Unio alatus

Unio crassus ‘LeSueur’ Say

Unio cuneatus

Unio cylindricus

Unio ellipticus Barnes

Unio foliatus

Unio gibbosus

Unio gracilis

Unio nodosus

Unio orbiculatus

Unio ovatus

Unio phaseolus
+ Unio cuneatus Hildreth, 1828

Unio plicatus

Unio prælongus

Unio radiatus

Unio rugosus

Unio triangularis

Unio tuberculatus

Unio undatus

Unio undulatus

Unio verrucosus albus

Unio verrucosus purpureus

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