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Johnson's References to Type Specimens

Daniel Graf, Richard I. Johnson and Kevin Cummings at MCZ, January 2003.

Richard I. Johnson has contributed numerous papers on the types of many nominal species of freshwater mussels. According to Mr. Johnson:

"Old conchologists don't retire. They just keep moving shells from one box to another— trying to study evolution."

  • Johnson, R.I. 1946. Anodonta implicata Say. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1(9): 109-116.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1947. Lampsilis cariosa Say and Lampsilis ochracea Say. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1(12): 145-156.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1948. A new naiad from Dutch New Guinea. Nautilus 62(2): 47-48 + 1 plate.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1948. Lectotypes for two species of Asiatic Unionidae in the genus Pseudodon. Nautilus 62(2): 48-51 + 1 plate.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1951. A clarification of some Central American Unionidae described by R.A. Philippi. Nautilus 64(3): 77-83.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1951. A rectification of some Central American Unionidae. Nautilus 65(1): 32-33.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1952. A study of Lamarck's types of Unionidae and Mutelidae. Nautilus 66(2): 63-67.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1953. A study of Lamarck's types of Unionidae and Mutelidae. (cont.) Nautilus 66(3): 90-95.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1956. The types of naiades (Mollusca: Unionidae) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 115(4): 101-142 + 2 plates.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1964. The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. United States National Museum Bulletin 239: v + 182.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1965. A hitherto overlooked Anodonta (Mollusca: Unionidae) from the Gulf drainage of Florida. Breviora 213: 1-7.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1967. Additions to the unionid fauna of the Gulf drainage of Alabama, Georgia and Florida (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Breviora 270: 1-21.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1967. Carunculina pulla (Conrad), an overlooked Atlantic drainage unionid. Nautilus 80(4): 127-131.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1967. Illustrations of all the mollusks described by Berlin Hart and Samuel Hart Wright. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 3(35): 1-35.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1968. Elliptio nigella, overlooked unionid from Apalachicola River system. Nautilus 82(1): 22-24.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1969. Illustrations of Lamarck's types of North American Unionidae mostly in the Paris Museum. Nautilus 83(2): 52-61.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1969. The Unionacea of William Irvin Utterback. Nautilus 82(4): 132-135.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1970. The systematics and zoogeography of the Unionidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the southern Atlantic Slope Region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 140(6): 263-449.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1971. The types and figured specimens of Unionacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 20(3): 75-108 + 2 plates.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1972. The Unionidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of peninsular Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 16(4): 181-249 + addendum.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1972. Illustrations of all of the mollusks described by Lorraine Screven Frierson. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 3(41): 137-173.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1973. The types of Unionidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) described by C. S. Rafinesque in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie 110(2): 35-37 + 2 plates.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1973. Heude's molluscan taxa of Asian land and freshwater mollusks, mostly from the People's Republic of China, described by P.M. Huede. Special Occasional Papers, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1: 1-111.
  • Johnson, R.I. & H.B. Baker. 1973. The types of Unionacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 125(9): 145-186.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1974. Lea's unionid types or recent and fossil taxa of Unionacea and Mutelacea introduced by Isaac Lea, including the location of all the extant types. Special Occasional Publication, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University No. 2. 159 pp.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1974. Marshall's unionid types or types of recent and fossil Unionacea and Mutelacea introduced by William B. Marshall, including a bibliography of all his writings on mollusks. Special Occasional Publication, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University No. 3. 14 pp.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1975. Simpson’s unionid types and miscellaneous unionid types in the National Museum of Natural History. Special Occasional Papers, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4: 1-56 + 3 plates.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1975. R. Ellsworth Call with a bibliography of his works on mollusks and a catalogue of his taxa. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(54): 133-144.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1975. William A Marsh, his introduced taxa of Unionidae or fresh water mussels. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(54): 145-147.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1977. Monograph of the genus Medionidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) mostly from the Apalachicolan region, southeastern United States, Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(56): 161-187.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1977. Norman McDowell Grier, a bibliography of his work on mollusks, with a catalogue of his unionid taxa. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(57): 226-227.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1977. Arnold Edward Ortmann, a bibliography of his work on mollusks, with a catalogue of his recent molluscan taxa. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(58): 229-241.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1978. Systematics and zoogeography of Plagiola (=Dysnomia =Epioblasma), an almost extinct genus of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 148(6): 239-321.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1979. The types of Unionacea (Mollusca: Unionidae) in the Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan. Malacological Review 12(1-2): 29-36.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1980. Zoogeography of North American Unionacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) north of the maximum Pleistocene glaciation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 149(2): 77-189.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1980. The types of Unionacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: additions and corrections. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 132: 277-278.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1981. Recent and fossil Unionacea and Mutelacea (freshwater bivalves) of the Caribbean Islands. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(60): 269-288.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1983. Margaritifera marrianae, a new species of Unionacea (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) from the Mobile-Alabama-Coosa and Escambia river systems, Alabama. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(62): 299-304.
  • Johnson, R.I. & A.H. Clarke. 1983. A new spiny mussel, Elliptio (Canthyria) steinstansana (Bivalia: Unionidae), from the Tar River, North Carolina. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(61): 289-298.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1984. A new mussel, Lampsilis (Lampsilis) fullerkati (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina, with a list of the other unionid species of the Waccamaw River system. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 4(63): 305-319.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1997. Comments on "The final report” of a massive search for Lasmigona decorata (Lea, 1852) and Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the Carolinas. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 5(71): 371-377.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1998. A new mussel, Potamilus metnecktayi (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the Rio Grande system, Mexico and Texas with notes on Mexican Disconaias. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 5(76): 427-455.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1999. Unionidae of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) system of Texas and Mexico. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 6(77): 1-65.
  • Johnson, R.I. 1999. Taxa omitted from "Unionacea” by Fritz Haas, 1969. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 6(77): 66.
  • Johnson, R.I. 2002. Arthur Fairfield Gray (1855-1944), his malacological contributions. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 6(80): 135-147.
  • Johnson, R.I. 2002. Samuel Liberty Harvey Fuller (1942-2001): A biographical sketch and his works on malacology. Nautilus 116:132-137.

 
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