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Publication Prashad (1932): summary

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Full 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

Glabris Prashad, 1932

‘Gray’ Prashad, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 174.
(error for Glabaris Gray, 1847)
Type species: Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio bouvierianus Prashad, 1932 = Nodularia micheloti

Prashad, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 176.
(intro'd as syn of Unio micheloti Morlet, 1886)

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

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