MCZ Malacology 5792

Unio pictus Lea

Syntype of Unio pictus

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2010-03-10

North America: United States: Tennessee | Harpeth River

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:5792 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Malacology 5792 Description: Preserved specimen.;

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

Lea 1834, page 73, Syntype of Unio pictus Lea
Johnson 1956, page 129, Voucher of Unio pictus Lea cited as figured holotype
Johnson 1975, page 34, Voucher of Unio pictus Lea "In addition to the syntype of this species mentioned by Johnson (1974a, p. 112) is one in the MCZ no. 5792 mentioned incorrectly by Johnson (1956: 128) as the holotype, but which is slightly smaller than the figured type."
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

Media type: text; Johnson 1975 Description: Simpson's Unionid types and miscellaneous Unionid types in the National Museum of Natural History;

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Shows Publication: Johnson 1975 Description: Simpson's Unionid types and miscellaneous Unionid types in the National Museum of Natural History

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Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-16
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-09   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-16

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  • Ledger with "1666" in Orig Number field and with questionable spelling of Coll in Collected by field; Entered from ledger.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Tennessee
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007825 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Harpeth River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Tennessee, Harpeth River
  • Georeference:
  • 36.3036640°, -87.152782° (Error radius: 4210m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-06-10 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-06-10)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2010-03-10
  • 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:
  • Lewis Troost

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Media type: text; Malacology 5776; 5777; 5778; 5779; 5780; 5781; 5782; 5783; 5784; 5785; 5786; 5787; 5788; 5789; 5790; 5791; 5792; 5793; 5794; 5795; 5796; 5797; 5798; 5799; 5800 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 000001-006000, pg.232;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:5776 Unio phaseolus to MCZ:Mala:5800 U...

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