Publication Wood (1825): summary

Full Citation

Wood, W. 1825. Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean System; with the Latin and English Names, references to authors, and places where found. 188 pp. + 37 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya crassa Wood, 1815 = Gibbosula crassa

Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pls. 20-21.
specimen image from publicationWood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 28.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57 [as ‘Unio crassus’].

Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815 = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pl. 22, figs. 1-2. [in part]
specimen image from publicationWood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 29.
Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 16, pl. 2, fig. 29.

Mya spuria Wood, 1825 = Parreysia corrugata

specimen image from publication‘Gmelin’ Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 35.
(reference to Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791)

Taxonomic Opinions

specimen image from publication Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 = Unio crassus

specimen image from publication Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

specimen image from publication Mya crassa Wood, 1815 = Gibbosula crassa

specimen image from publication Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

specimen image from publication Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791 = Unio pictorum

There are 18 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

specimen image from publication Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 = Unio tumidus

specimen image from publication Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum

specimen image from publication Mya syrmatophora Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781 = Prisodon syrmatophorus