MolluscaBase - Elliptio tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

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Elliptio tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

AphiaID

861667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:861667)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Rank

Species

Parent

Elliptio Rafinesque, 1819

Original name

Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831

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Subspecies Elliptio tetralasmus sayi (Ward, 1839) accepted as Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): 3: pl. 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elliptio tetralasmus (Say, 1831). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=861667 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-19 06:27:22Z

created

Bieler, Rüdiger

2025-02-17 11:14:27Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (1)

original description (of Unio tetralasmus Say, 1831) Say, T. (1830-1834). American Conchology, or descriptions of the shells of North America. Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature. School Press, New Harmony, Indiana. Part 1: plates 1-10 (1830); Part 2: plates 11-20 (April 1831); Part 3: plates 21-30 (September 1831a); Part 4: plates 31-40 (March 1832); Part 5: plates 41-50 (August 1832); Part 6: plates 51-60 (April 1834); Part 7: plates 61-68 and appendix [1 p.] (1834?, published after Say's death; edited by T. A. Conrad)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7959266
page(s): 3: pl. 23 [details]