MolluscaBase - Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

(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. Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=857410 on 2025-03-30

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original description (of Unio sayii Ward, 1839) Tappan, B. (1839). Description of some new shells. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 35: 268-270.
page(s): 268, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Unio symmetricus I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 164 [details]

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]

original description (of Unio manubius A. Gould, 1855) Gould, A. A. (1855). New species of land and fresh-water shells from western (N.) America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 5: 228-229., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8871366
page(s): 229. [details]

original description (of Unio jamesianus I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of eight new species of naïades from various parts of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 84 [after 31 March 1857, before 7 January 1858]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330348
page(s): 84 [details]

original description (of Unio electrinus Reeve, 1865) Reeve, L. A. & Sowerby, G. B. II. (1864-1868). Monograph of the genus Unio. In: Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 16, pls 1-96 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. Publication dates: pls 2-13 [Aug 1864], 14 [Sep 1864], 15-18 [Nov 1864], 19-20 [Jan 1865], 21-25 [Apr 1865], 26-30 [Jun 1865; pl. 30 as “1856”], 31-38 [Mar 1866], 39-42 [May 1866], 43-46 [Aug 1866], 47-54 [Nov 1866], 55-56 [Jun 1867], 57-60 [Sep 1867], 61-68 [Jan 1868], 69-76 [Mar 1868], 77-84 [Jul 1868], 85-93 [Sep 1868], 1, 94-96, Errata & Remarks [Oct 1868]. Authors: Reeve up to pl. 30; Sowerby from pl. 31 on (Petit 2009). , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9133053 [details]

original description (of Unio sayanus Conrad, 1838) Conrad, T. A. (1835-1838). Monography of the family Unionidae, or naiades of Lamarck, (fresh water bivalve shells), of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Dobson. 1: 1-12, pls 1-5 [1835]; 8: 65-72, pls. 36-40 [1837]; 10: 81-94, pls 46-51 [1838]; 11: 95-102, pls 52-56 [1838]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4206381
page(s): 102-103, pl. 56, fig. 2 [details]

basis of record Williams, J. D., Butler, R. S., Warren, G. L. & Johnson, N. A. (2014). Freshwater Mussels of Florida. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 498 pp. [details]

additional source InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org). [details]

additional source Taylor, R. W. (1984). The midwestern naiad Uniomerus tetralasmus in West Virginia. The Nautilus. 98(4): 162-164., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277202 [details]