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Publication Preston (1915): summary

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Full Citation

Preston, H.B. 1915. Mollusca (Freshwater Gastropoda & Pelecypoda). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. 244 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula alberti Preston, 1915 = Corbicula striatella

Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 220.

Parreysia (Parreysia) annandalei Preston, 1912 = Parreysia marcens

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 302.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 173, text fig. 18.
Type(s): TYPES ZSI_M2490-1, Gowhatty.

Parreysia favidens var. assamensis Preston, 1912 = Parreysia marcens

‘Nevill, MS’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 299.
specimen image from publication ‘Nevill MS’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 161, text fig. 12.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Nodularia (s.s.) chaudhurii Preston, 1912 = Radiatula chaudhurii

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 290.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 140, text fig. 7.

Margaron (Unio) cristatus Preston, 1915 = Indonaia caerulea

‘Lea’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 136.
(error for Unio evitatus Lea, 1866)

There are 3 available nominal species attributed to this publication (23 total).

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. curvata Preston, 1912 = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 295.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 152, text fig. 9.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea crebristriata Anthony, 1865)

Parreysia (s.s.) daccaensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 300.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 165, text fig. 16.
Type(s): TYPES ZSI_M6105/1, Dacca.

Unio houngdaranicus Simpson, 1900 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

‘Tapparone Canefri’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 844.
Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 301.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1116.
Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 167.
Prashad, 1922. Rec. Ind. Mus. 24: 101.
Subba Rao, 1989. Freshw. Moll. India: 183.
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 311.
Bogan, 2010. FADA: [25].
(error for Unio houngdarauicus Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Anatina induta Preston, 1915 = Tanysiphon rivalis

Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: ??.

Lamellidens mainwaringi Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi

‘Nevill MS’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 306.
specimen image from publication ‘Nevill MS’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 190, text fig. 24.

Lamellidens narainporensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 305.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 187, text fig. 21.

Lamellidens nongyangensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 306.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 190, text fig. 22.

Parreysia (s.s.) perconvexa Preston, 1912 = Leoparreysia perconvexa

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 302.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 172, text fig. 17.
Type(s): TYPES ZSI_M5069/1, Nangyong Lake, Burma.

Parreysia (s.s.) pernodulosa Preston, 1912 = Leoparreysia burmana

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 300.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 164, text fig. 15.

Unio phayresi Simpson, 1900 = Parreysia corrugata

‘Theobald’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 842.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1107.
Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 155.
(intro'd as syn of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Lamellidens phenchooganjensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 306.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 190, text fig. 23.

Lamellidens pulcher var. ponderosus Preston, 1915 = Lamellidens generosus

‘Tapparone-Canifri’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 185.
(error for Unio pulcher var. ponderosulus Tapparone Canefri, 1889)

Lamellidens marginalis var. sawaddyensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens savadiensis

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 305.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 185, text fig. 20.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Unio siliguriensis Preston, 1908 = Indonaia gratiosa

Preston, 1908. Rec. Ind. Mus. 2: 47.
Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 293.
Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 148.

Lamellidens marginalis var. sublamellatus Preston, 1912 = Trapezidens angustior

‘Nevill, MS’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 305.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 181, text fig. 19.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Mytilus taprobanensis Preston, 1915 = Limnoperna fortunei

Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: ??.

Nodularia (s.s.) theobaldi Preston, 1912 = Indonaia theobaldi

‘Nevill, MS’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 292.
specimen image from publication Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 143, text fig. 8.

Trapezoideus foliaceus var. zayleymanensis Preston, 1912 = Yaukthwa zayleymanensis

‘Nevill, MS’ Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 307.
‘Nevill MS’ Preston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 194.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio foliaceus Gould, 1843)
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3615, Zayleyman, Ob. Birma.

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