MCZ Malacology 165693

Unio obesus Lea

Syntype of Unio obesus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2008-05-12

North America: United States: Virginia | York River

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:165693 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Malacology 165693 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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Current Identification
Unio obesus Lea
Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Palaeoheterodonta Unionoida Unionoidea Unionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Lea 1834, page 96, Syntype of Unio obesus Lea
Johnson 1956, page 126, Voucher of Unio obesus Lea cited as paratypes
Media type: text; Lea 1834 Description: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series vol. 5;

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Shows Publication: Lea 1834 Description: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series vol. 5

Media type: text; Johnson 1956 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CXV no. 4;

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Shows Publication: Johnson 1956 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CXV no. 4

  • malacology accession number: 914
  • previous number: 8672

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 2 History (3)
Remarks: paratype Checked in drawer by MBaldinger, Summer 2022.
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-07-12
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-07-10   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-07-12

  • None

  • Entered from ledger.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Virginia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007919 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • York River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Virginia, York River
  • Georeference:
  • 37.7250000°, -73.675000° (Error radius: 115km) By: [no agent data] on 2009-10-18 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (37° 43′ ″ N  73° 40′ ″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2008-05-12
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • J. H. Cooper

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 165676; 165677; 165678; 165679; 165680; 165681; 165682; 165683; 165684; 165685; 165686; 165687; 165688; 165689; 165690; 165691; 165692; 165693; 165694; 165695; 165696; 165697; 165698; 165699; 165700 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 162001-168000, pg.148;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:165676 Laminella venusta to MCZ:Mala:1...

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