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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Küster (1848), 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

Küster, H.C. 1848. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 1-40, pls. 1-7, 15.

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Attributed Species Names

Unio siliquoides Küster, 1848
‘Barnes’ Küster, 1848, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 30.
(error for Unio siliquoideus Barnes, 1823)

Unio gibbosus Küster, 1848
‘Rafinesque’ Küster, 1848, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 40.
(error for Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio alatus Say
+ Metaptera megaptera Rafinesque, 1820

Unio blandingianus Lea

Unio capax Green
+ Symphynota globosa Lea, 1834

Unio cariosus Say
+ Unio ovatus Valenciennes, 1827

Unio clava Lamarck
+ Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820
+ Unio modioliformis Lea, 1834
+ Unio clavus Conrad, 1835

Unio delphinus Gruner

Unio dilatatus Rafinesque
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio dilatatus Say, 1834

Unio fasciatus Rafinesque
+ Unio carinatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio fasciatus Conrad, 1835

Unio fasciolus Rafinesque
+ Unio multiradiatus Lea, 1829
+ Unio fasciolus Say, 1834

Unio fragilis Rafinesque
+ Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823
+ Unio gracilis Barnes, 1823

Unio gibbosus Rafinesque
+ Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
+ Unio gibbosus Ferussac, 1835

Unio glans Lea
+ Unio glans Conrad, 1836

Unio inflatus Lea
+ Unio alabamensis Conrad, 1834

Unio ligamentinus Lamarck
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831
+ Toxolasma cyclips Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio crassus Conrad, 1836

Unio masoni Conrad

Unio niger Rafinesque
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio niger Conrad, 1836

Unio ovatus Say
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ovata Lamarck, 1819

Unio parvus Barnes
+ Unio parvus Conrad, 1836

Unio pectorosus Conrad
+ Unio perdix Lea, 1834

Unio radiatus Lamarck
+ Unio virginiana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio radiatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828

Unio rectus Lamarck
+ Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823

Unio siliquoides [sic] Barnes
+ Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823

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