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Publication Gray (1825): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Gray, J.E. 1825. A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. The Annals of Philosophy 9: 134-140. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Barbala Gray, 1825
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
(new name for Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791)

Cyrena childrenae Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 137 [as ‘childrenæ’].

Cyrena cyprinoides Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 136.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 31, fig. 5 [as ‘Villorita’].
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 601 [as ‘Villorita’].

Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138 [as ‘elongatum’]. [nomen nudum]
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 380. [nomen nudum]
Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 29, pl. 24.

Hyria intermedia Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.

Hyria matoni Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
(new name for Mya variabilis Maton, 1811)

Modiola brasiliensis Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: ??.

Mytilus fluvis Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: ??.

Mytilus volgensis Gray, 1825
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: ??.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta adansonii = Mutela dubia
+ Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791

Anodonta fluviatilis Dillw. = Pyganodon cataracta

Barbala plicata (Leach) = Cristaria plicata

Hyria intermedia = Prisodon obliquus

Hyria matoni = Diplodon variabilis
+ Mya variabilis Maton, 1811

Unio nodulosa (Wood) = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Unio plumbea (Chemn.) = Lamprotula plumbea

Unio ponderosa = Gibbosula crassa
+ Mya crassa Wood, 1815

 
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