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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Prashad (1932): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prashad, B. 1932. Notes on some little known South Asiatic Unionidæ. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 20: 174-178. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Balwantia bensoni (Lea) = Balwantia soleniformis
+ Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836

Ensidens (Uniandra) ascia (Hanley, 1856) = Lens contradens

Ensidens (Uniandra) asperulus (Lea) = Lens contradens

Oxynaia micheloti (Morelet) = Nodularia micheloti
+ Unio bouvierianus Prashad, 1932

Parreysia corbis (Hanley) = Indonaia corbis

Physunio (Lens) velaris (Hanley) = Physunio superbus
+ Physunio friersoni Simpson, 1914
+ Unio velaris Sowerby, 1868

Physunio (Lens) velaris (Hanley) = Lamellidens friersoni