Publication Preston (1915): summary

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 publicationPreston, 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 publicationPreston, 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 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (22 total).

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

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 295.
specimen image from publicationPreston, 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 publicationPreston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 165, text fig. 16.
Type(s): TYPES ZSI_M6105/1, Dacca.

Unio houngdaranicus ‘Tapparone Canefri’ of Authors = 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)

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 publicationPreston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 187, text fig. 21.

Lamellidens nongyangensis Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 306.
specimen image from publicationPreston, 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 publicationPreston, 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 publicationPreston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 164, text fig. 15.

Unio phayresi ‘Theobald’ of Authors = 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 publicationPreston, 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 publicationPreston, 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 publicationPreston, 1915. Fauna Brit. India: 181, text fig. 19.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

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

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

image of type lot

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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Arcidopsis footei (Theobald, 1876)

Lamellidens (s.s.) canefrianus Simpson, 1900 = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus

+ Unio protensus Tapparone Canefri, 1889

Lamellidens (s.s.) exanthematicus (Küster, 1861) = Pressidens exanthematicus

specimen image from publication Lamellidens (s.s.) mainwaringi ‘Nevill MS’ Preston, 1912 = Lamellidens mainwaringi

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

+ Unio groenlandicus Schröter, 1779

+ Unio testudinarius Spengler, 1793

+ Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793

+ Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819

+ Symphynota bilineata Lea, 1831

+ Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849

There are 160 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis thwaitesii (Lea, 1859) = Lamellidens marginalis

+ Unio thwaitesii Hanley & Theobald, 1872

+ Unio consobrinus Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Lamellidens (s.s.) pulcher (Tapparone Canefri, 1889) = Lamellidens generosus

+ Unio pulcher var. lamellatiformis Tapparone Canefri, 1889

+ Unio pulcher var. ponderosulus Tapparone Canefri, 1889

Nodularia (s.s.) caeruleus (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia caerulea + Indonaia substriata + Scabies humilis + Indonaia bonneaudii + Scabies pilata

+ Unio gerbidoni Eydoux, 1838

+ Unio substriatus Lea, 1856

+ Unio humilis Lea, 1856

+ Unio corrianus Küster, 1861

+ Unio leioma Benson, 1862

+ Unio pilatus Lea, 1866

+ Unio evitatus Lea, 1866

+ Unio trirostris Sowerby, 1868

Nodularia (s.s.) crispata (Gould, 1843) = Scabies crispata + Scabies scobinatus + Scabies mandarinus

+ Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856

+ Unio mandarinus Morelet, 1864

+ Unio pellislacerti Morelet, 1865

+ Unio oblitus Lea, 1870

+ Unio venustus Morelet, 1866

Nodularia (s.s.) occata (Lea, 1860) = Indonaia gratiosa

+ Unio macilentus Benson, 1862

+ Unio rugosus Hanley & Theobald, 1876

Parreysia (s.s.) burmanus (Blanford, 1869) = Leoparreysia burmana

+ Unio birmanus ‘Blanford’ of Authors

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata + Potomida littoralis + Leoparreysia tavoyensis + Parreysia nagpoorensis + Parreysia plagiosoma

+ Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840

+ Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791

+ Mya gaditana Schreibers, 1793

+ Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847

+ Unio fulmineus Philippi, 1847

+ Unio lutens Lea, 1856

+ Unio luteus Lea, 1856

+ Unio semirugatus Chenu, 1858

+ Unio merodabensis ‘von dem Busch in lit.’ Küster, 1861

+ Unio wynegungaensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872

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Parreysia (s.s.) favidens (Benson, 1862) = Parreysia corrugata + Parreysia nagpoorensis

+ Mya spuria Wood, 1825

+ Unio flavidens ‘Benson’ of Authors

+ Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863

+ Unio tripartitus Lea, 1863

Parreysia (s.s.) feae (Tapparone Canefri, 1889) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Parreysia (s.s.) tavoyensis (Gould, 1843) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

+ Unio savoyensis Paetel, 1890

+ Unio parma Sowerby, 1868

Pseudodon (s.s.) nicobaricus (‘Fabricius’ Mörch, 1872) = Pseudodon nicobaricus

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould, 1843) = Trapezidens exolescens

+ Unio exolescens Hanley & Theobald, 1874

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet, 1865) = Lens misellus

+ Unio siamensis Lea, 1866