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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 Say (1830), 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

Say. 1830. American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America 1: pls. 1-10.

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Attributed Species Names

Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
Barnes, 1823, Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 272, pl. 13, figs. 17a-b.
Say, 1830, Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 4.

Unio monodonta Say, 1829
Say, 1829, New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 293.
Say, 1830, Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 6.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 155.

Unio ridibundus Say, 1829
Say, 1829, New Harm. Dissem. 2(20): 308, sp. 6.
Say, 1830, Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, upper fig.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 131, 154.

Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
Lea, 1828, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 269 [as ‘Unio ellipsis var. a’].
Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 430, pl. 8, fig. 12.
Say, 1830, Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5, lower figs.
Type(s): SYNTYPES USNM_84803, Ohio.

Unio perplexus Say, 1829
Say, 1829, New Harm. Dissem. 2(19): 309.
Say, 1830, Amer. Conch. 1: pl. 5.
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 155, 225.

Unio flagellatus Say, 1830
Say, 1830, Amer. Conch. 1: [no pagination].
Say, 1858, [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 154.
(intro'd as syn of Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829)

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