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Publication Hanley (1856): summary

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Full Citation

Hanley. 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio amaenus Lea, 1852 = Cambarunio iris

Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29 [as ‘amænus’].
‘Lea’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 386 [as ‘amænus’].
(error for Unio amoenus Lea, 1840)

Unio ascia Hanley, 1856 = Lens contradens

specimen image from publication ‘Benson, MS’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 385, pl. 23, fig. 20.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_17046 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 106), Penang, India.

Unio corbis Hanley, 1856 = Indonaia corbis

specimen image from publication ‘Benson, MS’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 386, pl. 23, fig. 43.

Cyrenoida cumingii Hanley, 1856 = cyrenoidid species

specimen image from publication Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 353, pl. 15, fig. 5.

Unio involutus Hanley, 1856 = Assamnaia involuta

specimen image from publication ‘Benson, MS’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 385, pl. 23, fig. 19.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968656, Assam.

There are 7 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).

Anodonta linneana Conrad, 1853 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 264.
Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 387.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 35, sp. 144.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 646.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 431.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 14.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 364.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 206.
Watters et al., 2009. Freshw. Mussels OH: 260.
(error for Anodonta linnaeana Lea, 1852)

Cyrena philippinarum Hanley, 1844 = Batissa species

Hanley, 1844. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1844: 259 [159].
specimen image from publication Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 351, pl. 14, fig. 60.

Cyrena placens Hanley, 1844 = Polymesoda fontainei

Hanley, 1844. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1844: 160.
specimen image from publication Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 352, pl. 14, fig. 52.

Unio radula Hanley, 1856 = Pseudoscabies scobina

specimen image from publication ‘Benson ms’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 382, pl. 23, fig. 41.
(homonym of Unio radula Say, 1829; renamed Nodularia (sec. Radiatula) lima Simpson, 1900)

Unio scobina Hanley, 1856 = Pseudoscabies scobina

specimen image from publication ‘Benson ms’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 382, pl. 23, fig. 40.
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 22, pl. 46, figs. 2-3.

Unio siculus Hanley, 1856 = Unio mancus

‘Swainson’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 383, pl. 20, fig. 19.
(misidentified reference to Potomida sicula Swainson, 1840)

Cyrena sordida Hanley, 1844 = Polymesoda species

Hanley, 1844. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1844: 159.
specimen image from publication Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 352, pl. 14, fig. 51.

Unio velaris Hanley, 1856 = Physunio superbus

specimen image from publication ‘Benson, MS’ Hanley, 1856. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells, Suppl.: 385, pl. 23, fig. 42.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta argentea Lea = Anodontoides denigratus

Anodonta californiensis Lea

Anodonta couperiana Lea = Utterbackiana couperiana

Anodonta crepera Lea = Simpsonella gracilis

Anodonta cumingii Lea = Sundadontina cumingii

Anodonta denigrata Lea = Anodontoides denigratus

Anodonta dunlapiana Lea = Utterbackiana couperiana

Anodonta ferruginea Lea = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Anodonta footiana Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta globosa Lea = Pyganodon globosa

Anodonta gracilis Lea = Simpsonella gracilis

Anodonta harpethensis Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta linneana [sic] Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta lucida d’Orb. = Anodontites lucida

Anodonta maryattana Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta montezumæ Lea = Anodontites montezuma

Anodonta oblita Lea = Anodontoides denigratus

Anodonta opaca Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta polita Mousson = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Anodonta puelchana d’Orb. = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta schröteriana Lea = Tamsiella schroeteriana

Anodonta solidula Deville and Huppé = Anodontites elongata

Anodonta subcrassa Lea = Simpsonella gracilis

Anodonta tenuis Lea = Simpsonella gracilis

Anodonta tortilis Lea = Anodontites tortilis

Anodonta virens Lea = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta wheatleyi Lea = Anodontites elongata

Cyrena obesa Hinds

Cyrena philippinarum Hanl.

Cyrena placens Hanl. = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena sordida Hanl.

Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds = Batissa violacea

Cyrenoida cumingii

Cyrenoida dupontia Joannis

Cyrenoida oblonga

Unio amænus [sic] Lea = Cambarunio iris

Unio ascia Benson, MS = Lens contradens

Unio atratus Lea = Diplodon chilensis
+ Unio auratus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio araucanus Philippi, 1847

Unio atratus Lea = Potamilus fragilis

Unio atratus Swainson = Potamilus fragilis

Unio caffer Krauss

Unio collinus Conr. = Parvaspina collina

Unio corbis Benson, MS = Indonaia corbis

Unio cucumoides Lea = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Unio curreyianus Lea = Pegias fabula

Unio delphinulus Morelet = Delphinonaias largillierti

Unio delphinus Gruner = Hyriopsis bialata

Unio fontaineanus [sic] d’Orb. = Diplodon fontainianus

Unio hembeli Conrad = Margaritifera hembeli

Unio intermedius Conrad = Theliderma intermedia

Unio involutus Benson, MS = Assamnaia involuta

Unio radula Benson, MS = Pseudoscabies scobina

Unio scobina Benson, MS = Pseudoscabies scobina

Unio semigranosus von dem Busch in Phil. = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio siculus Swainson = Unio elongatulus

Unio subplanus Conr. = Fusconaia masoni

Unio velaris Benson, MS = Physunio superbus

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