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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 De Kay (1843), 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
De Kay, J.E. 1843. Mollusca. Zoology of New-York, or the New-York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New-York; with brief notices of those occasionally found near its border; and accompanied by appropriate illustrations 5. 271 pp.
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Attributed Genus Names
Alasmodon Thompson, 1820
Thompson, 1820, Ann. Phil. 16: 116.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1824, Zool. Jour. 1: 54.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1839, Conch. Man.: 2.
‘Say’ Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 262, 264, 266, 269-274, 278-279, 290, 382.
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 196.
‘Say’ Woodward, 1871, Man. Moll: 433.
(error for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
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Attributed Species Names
Alasmodon corrugata De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 198, pl. 24, figs. 259.
Type(s): TYPE LOCALITY TYPE_LOCALITY_MP_003, Passaic River.
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Unio rosaceus De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 192, pl. 39, figs. 355-356; pl. 40, fig. 357.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_678303, Seneca Lake, New York.
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Unio radiatus De Kay, 1843
‘Gmelin’ De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 189, pl. 18. fig. 236.
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)
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Anodon unadilla De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 109, pl. 15, fig. 228.
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Anodonta excurvata De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 202, pl. 17, fig. 233.
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Cyclas solida De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 229, pl. 25, fig. 265.
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Alasmodon marginata De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 196, pl. 14, fig. 225.
(misidentified reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
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Unio cariosus De Kay, 1843
De Kay, 1843, Zool. New York 5: 193, pl. 21, figs. 243-244.
(misidentified reference to Unio cariosus Say, 1817)
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Taxonomic Opinions
Alasmodon arcuata Barnes
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
Alasmodon corrugata
Alasmodon marginata Say
Alasmodon rugosa Barnes
Alasmodon undulata Say
Unio alatus Say
Unio boydianus
Unio cariosus Say
Unio complanatus
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817
Unio compressus (Lea)
Unio luteolus
+ Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
Unio nasutus
+ Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
+ Unio nasutus Conrad, 1838
Unio novi-eboraci Lea
Unio ochraceus Say
Unio radiatus
+ Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823
Unio rectus Lam.
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823
Unio rosaceus
Unio tappanianus Lea
Unio ventricosus
+ Unio occidens Lea, 1829
+ Unio ventricosus Say, 1832
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