Publication Sowerby (1868): summary

Full Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1868. Monograph of the Genus Mycetopus. Conchologica Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 16: pls. 1-4. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868 = Mutela dubia

specimen image from publication‘Gray?, MS” Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 2, sp. 3.
(homonym of Spatha (Mutela) plicata ‘Parreyss in collect.’ Martens, 1866)
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME BMNH_46-7-24-18, Syene, Egypt.

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Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby, 1868 = Lortiella rugata

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 3, sp. 7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_44-1-12-160 (by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 433), Victoria River, N. Australia.

Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868 = Mycetopoda subsinuata

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 4, sp. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB/MOLL_220179, Bogota, New Granada.

Taxonomic Opinions

specimen image from publication Mycetopus emarginatus Lea, 1860 = Solenaia emarginata

specimen image from publication Mycetopus falcatus Higgins, 1868 = Mycetopodella falcata

specimen image from publication Mycetopus plicatus ‘Gray?, MS” Sowerby, 1868 = Mutela dubia

specimen image from publication Mycetopus pygmaeus (Spix) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

specimen image from publication Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby, 1868 = Lortiella rugata

specimen image from publication Mycetopus siliquosus (d’Orbigny) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

+ Anodon longinus Spix in Wagner, 1827

specimen image from publication Mycetopus soleniformis (d’Orbigny, 1835) = Mycetopoda soleniformis

specimen image from publication Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868 = Mycetopoda subsinuata

specimen image from publication Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny, 1843 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

specimen image from publication Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857 = Mycetopoda siliquosa