Publication Kira (1959): summary

Full Citation

Kira, T. 1959. Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan (Enlarged & Revised). 239 pp., 71 pls.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha cuspidata Kira, 1959 = Lanceolaria grayii

‘Kuroda, MS’ Kira, 1959. Illustr. Shells Japan: 172, pl. 63, fig. 18.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio oxyrhynchus Martens, 1861)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta japonica Clessin = Beringiana japonica

Anodonta woodiana lauta v. Martens = Sinanodonta lauta

Cristaria plicata spatiosa (Clessin) = Cristaria plicata

Inversidens japanensis (Lea) = Pronodularia japanensis

Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha (v. Martens)

Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha cuspidata Kuroda, MS = Lanceolaria grayii

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linné)

Pseudodon (Obovalis) omiensis (Heimburg) = Obovalis omiensis

Unio douglasiae nipponensis v. Martens = Nodularia nipponensis