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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 Agassiz (1852), 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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=470 
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 Publication information 
Agassiz, L. 1852. Ueber die Gattungen unter den Nord Amerikanischen Najaden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 18(1): 41-52. 
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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)
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  Micromya Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
      (homonym of Rondani, 1840 [Dipt.])
 Type species: Unio lapillus Say, 1831 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1852: 83) = Paetulunio fabalis  |  
  Orthonymus Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
 Type species: Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 (orig. desig.) = Theliderma cylindrica  |  
  Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 43.
 Type species: Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 521) = Epioblasma flexuosa  |  
  Tritogonia Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
 Type species: Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820 (orig. desig.) = Quadrula verrucosa  |  
  Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
 Type species: Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 (orig. desig.) = Cyprogenia stegaria  |  
  Uniopsis Agassiz, 1852
     ‘Swainson’ Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.
      (reference to Uniopsis Swainson, 1840)
 Type species: Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829 () = Strophitus undulatus  |  
  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(31-32): 496.
     Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
      (error for Tritogonia Agassiz, 1852)
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  Rotundaria Agassiz, 1852
     ‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
     Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 765.
     Ortmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 201.
     Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23(11): 140.
     Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 257.
     Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 811.
     Utterback, 1915, Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(4): 149.
     Ortmann, 1918, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 57(6): 543.
     Haas, 1929, Senckenbergiana 11: 333.
     Haas, 1930, Senckenbergiana 12(6): 319.
      (reference to Rotundaria Rafinesque, 1820)
 Type species: Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820 () = Cyclonaias tuberculata  |  
  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(31-32): 490.
     Paetel, 1890, Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
      (error for Ligumia Swainson, 1840)
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  Hemilastena Agassiz, 1852
     ‘Rafinesque’ Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 50.
      (error for Hemistena Rafinesque, 1820)
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 Attributed Species Names
  Unio metanever Lea, 1829
    ‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
     Lea, 1829, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 418.
     Jay, 1835, Cat. Rec. Shells: 17.
     Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 179.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
     Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
     Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44.
     Lewis, 1871, Amer. J. Conch. 6: 218.
     Lea, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 15 [as ‘Margarita (Unio) metanever’].
    (reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Unio nervosa Conrad, 1834
    ‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
     Conrad, 1834, New Fresh-Water Shells: 70.
     Say, 1834, Amer. Conch. 6: ??.
     Lapham, 1852, Trans. WI Agri. Soc. 2: 369.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
     Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
    (misidentified reference to Unio (Leptodea) nervosa Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Alasmodonta truncata Lea, 1836
    ‘Say, in lit.’  of Authors.
     Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 44.
     Lea, 1838, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
     Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 262.
    (intro'd as syn of Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
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  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(31-32): 499.
     Sowerby, 1868, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 63, sp. 319.
     Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 68.
     B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [6].
     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)
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  Anodonta ohioensis Agassiz, 1852
    ‘Rafinesque’  of Authors.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
     Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 648.
     Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 437.
     Oesch, 1984, Missouri Naiades: 183 [as ‘Potamilus’].
    (error for Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Unio sowerbyanus Küster, 1852
     ‘Lea’  of Authors.
     Küster, 1852, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 62.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 43.
     Reeve, 1864, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 14, sp. 58.
     Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 520.
     Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 17.
     Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 94.
     Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 483.
     Burch, 1975, Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 173.
     R.I. Johnson, 1978, Bull. MCZ 148: 280.
     Parmalee & Bogan, 1998, The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 91.
    (error for Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834)
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  Lampsilis dolabriformis Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 44.
    (error for Unio dolabraeformis Lea, 1838)
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  Lampsilis nashvillensis Agassiz, 1852
    ‘Lea’  of Authors.
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 44.
     Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45.
     B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [4].
     Ortmann, 1924, Amer. Midl. Nat. 9(1): 32.
    (error for Unio nashvillianus Lea, 1834)
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  Eurynia ficheriana Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 45.
    (error for Unio fisherianus Lea, 1838)
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  Complanaria trapezius Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.
    (error for Unio trapezoides Lea, 1831)
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  Complanaria hempelii Agassiz, 1852
     Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.
    (error for Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838)
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Taxonomic Opinions
	 Alasmodonta [sic] marginata Say
	 
	Alasmodonta [sic] raveneliana Lea
	 
	Alasmodonta [sic] truncata Say
	 
	Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say
	 
	Alasmodonta [sic] undulata Say
	 
	Canthyria spinosus (Lea)
	 
	Complanaria atrocostatus 
	 
	Complanaria atromarginatus 
	 
	Complanaria boykinianus 
	 
	Complanaria complanata (Barnes)
	 
	Complanaria compressa (Lea)
	 
	Complanaria confragosus 
	 
	Complanaria costata 
	 
	Complanaria costata 
	 
	Complanaria hempelii [sic] 
	 
	Complanaria heros 
	 
	Complanaria plicatus 
	 
	Complanaria rugosa 
	 
	Complanaria subtentus 
	 
	Complanaria trapezius [sic] 
	 
	Cyprogenia dromas (Lea)
	 
	Cyprogenia stegaria (Raf.)
	 + Unio irroratus Lea, 1828
	 
	Dysnomia capsaeformis 
	 
	Dysnomia flexuosa 
	 + Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828
	 
	Dysnomia gibbosa 
	 + Unio perplexus Lea, 1831
	 
	Eurynia angustata 
	 
	Eurynia ficheriana [sic] 
	 
	Eurynia jayensis 
	 
	Eurynia lanceolata 
	 
	Eurynia nasuta (Say) nicht Lmk.
	 
	Eurynia producta 
	 
	Eurynia recta (Lmk.)
	 
	Eurynia shepardiana 
	 
	Eurynia vaughaniana 
	 
	Hemilastena [sic] ambigua Agass.
	 + Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834
	 
	Hemilastena [sic] lata Rafinesque
	 + Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
	 + Unio oriens Lea, 1831
	 
	Lampsilis ater 
	 
	Lampsilis cardium 
	 
	Lampsilis cariosus 
	 
	Lampsilis constrictus 
	 
	Lampsilis dolabriformis [sic] 
	 
	Lampsilis fasciola Raf.
	 
	Lampsilis glans 
	 
	Lampsilis hydianus 
	 
	Lampsilis mississippiensis 
	 
	Lampsilis nashvillensis [sic] 
	 
	Lampsilis ochraceus 
	 
	Lampsilis orbiculatus 
	 
	Lampsilis ovatus 
	 
	Lampsilis parvus 
	 
	Lampsilis radiata 
	 
	Lampsilis siliquoideus 
	 + Unio inflatus Barnes, 1823
	 
	Lampsilis subrostratus 
	 
	Lampsilis ventricosus 
	 
	Margaritana arcuata (Barnes)
	 
	Margaritana monodonta (Say)
	 
	Metaptera alata 
	 
	Metaptera fragilis 
	 
	Metaptera gracilis 
	 
	Metaptera inflata 
	 
	Metaptera leptodon 
	 
	Metaptera ohioensis [sic] 
	 
	Metaptera poulsoni 
	 
	Micromya curreyana [sic] Ag.
	 
	Micromya fabula Ag.
	 
	Micromya lapillus 
	 + Unio fabalis Lea, 1831
	 
	Obovaria circulus 
	 
	Obovaria olivarius 
	 
	Obovaria subrotundus 
	 
	Obovaria torsus Raf.
	 + Unio retusa Lamarck, 1819
	 
	Orthonymus cylindricus (Say)
	 + Unio naviformis Lamarck, 1819
	 
	Plagiola lineolata 
	 + Unio securis Lea, 1829
	 
	Plagiola nervosa 
	 
	Plagiola truncata 
	 
	Pleurobema clava (Lmk.)
	 
	Pleurobema flavus 
	 
	Pleurobema mytiloides 
	 
	Pleurobema obovalis 
	 
	Pleurobema politus 
	 
	Pleurobema ruber 
	 
	Pleurobema rubiginosus 
	 
	Pleurobema undatus 
	 
	Quadrula bullatus 
	 
	Quadrula cornutus 
	 
	Quadrula cyphius [sic] 
	 
	Quadrula fragosus 
	 
	Quadrula metanever [sic] 
	 
	Quadrula nodosus 
	 
	Quadrula nodulatus 
	 
	Quadrula reflexus 
	 
	Quadrula rugosus 
	 
	Rotundaria tuberculata (Raf.)
	 + Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823
	 
	Scalenaria haysiana 
	 + Unio sowerbianus Lea, 1834
	 
	Scalenaria obliquata (Raf.)
	 + Unio sulcatus Lea, 1829
	 + Unio ridibundus Say, 1829
	 
	Scalenaria personata 
	 + Unio pileus Lea, 1831
	 + Unio capillaris Lea, 1834
	 
	Tritogonia pustulata (Swainson)
	 
	Tritogonia verrucosa (Raf.)
	 + Unio tuberculatus Barnes, 1823
	 
	Truncilla arcaeformis (Lea)
	 + Unio nexus Say, 1831
	 
	Truncilla interrupta Say, Conrad
	 + Unio brevidens Lea, 1831
	 
	Truncilla triquetra Raf.
	 + Unio triangularis Barnes, 1823
	 + Unio formosus Lea, 1831
	 
	Unio complanata Sol.
	 
	Unio fasciolaris Raf.
	 + Unio phaseolus Hildreth, 1828
	 + Unio planulatus Lea, 1829
	 
	Unio mucronatus Barnes
	 
	Unio nasutus Lmk.
	 + Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820
	 + Unio gibbosus Barnes, 1823
	 
	Unio niger Raf.
	 + Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823
	 
	Uniopsis calceolus (Lea)
	 + Margaritana deltoidea Lea, 1838
	 
	Uniopsis edentula (Say)
	 
	Uniopsis radiata (Lea) [sic]
	 
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