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Publication Swainson (1840): summary

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Swainson, W.A. 1840. A Treatise on Malacology: or the Natural Classification of Shells and Shell-Fish. 419 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aeglia Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 265-268, 273, 275-277, 281, 285, 289-290, 378 [as ‘Æglia’].
Type species: Unio ovatus Say, 1817 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1846: 20) = Lampsilis ovata

Alasmodon Thompson, 1820

Thompson, 1820. Ann. Phil. 16: 116.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 54.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2.
‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 264, 266, 269-274, 278-279, 290, 382.
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196.
‘Say’ Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 83.
‘Say’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
(error for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata

Anodon Oken, 1815

Oken, 1815. Lehrb. Naturg. 3: 238.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 30.
‘Lam.’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 6.
‘Lam.’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262.
‘Burguière’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1.
(new name for Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Brachidontes Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 384.

Calceola Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, 382 (footnote).
(homonym of Lamarck, 1799 [Anthozoa])
Type species: Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 (monotypy) = Sulcularia viridis

There are 20 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (30 total).

Calliscapha Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 380.
Type species: Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 (monotypy) = Mutela dubia

Canthyria Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 276, 378.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Aeglia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio spinosus Lea, 1836 (orig. desig.) = Elliptio spinosa

Complanaria Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 288-290, 382.
Type species: Complanaria gigas Swainson, 1840 = Pterosyna complanata

Cunicula Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 267-268, 274, 290, 378.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 335) = Elliptio complanata

Dipsus of Authors, unknown year

Gray, 1825 of Authors.
‘Leach’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 266, 381.
(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Hemidon Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 288.
(error for Hemiodon Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Anodonta undulata Say, 1817 = Strophitus undulatus

Hemidonta Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 412 (index).
(error for Hemiodon Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Anodonta undulata Say, 1817 = Strophitus undulatus

Hemiodon Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 286-289, 381; 288 [as ‘Hemidon’].
(homonym of Swainson, 1840 [Helicidae]; renamed Pressodonta Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Anodonta undulata Say, 1817 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 527) = Strophitus undulatus

Hyridella Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 285, 380.
Type species: Unio australis Lamarck, 1819 (monotypy) = Hyridella australis

Iridea Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 283-285, 379.
Type species: Unio granosa Bruguière, 1792 (monotypy) = Diplodon granosus

Laevicardium Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: ??.

Lamproscapha Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 286-287, 381.
Type species: Anodon ensiformis Wagner, 1827 (subsequent designation) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Ligumea Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268.
(error for Ligumia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio recta Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta

Ligumia Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 267, 271, 273-274, 289-290, 378.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268 [as ‘Ligumea’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio recta Lamarck, 1819 (orig. desig.) = Ligumia recta

Lymnadea Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379.
(error for Lymnadia Sowerby, 1839)
Type species: Unio gigas Swainson, 1824 = Pterosyna complanata

Lymnadia Sowerby, 1839

‘Sw.’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 60.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 265-266, 268, 273, 285, 289-290; 379 [as ‘Lymnadea’].
(renamed Limnadea Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio gigas Swainson, 1824 (monotypy) = Pterosyna complanata

Megadomus Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 265-266, 268-269, 274-275, 290, 378.
Type species: Unio gigas Swainson, 1824 (orig. desig.) = Pterosyna complanata

Naia Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 379 [as ‘Naïa’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Castalia Lamarck, 1819)
Type species: Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 89) = Parreysia corrugata

Naidea Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 276, 378.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Aeglia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio ater Lea, 1829 (monotypy) = Potamilus purpuratus

Patularia Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 286-287, 381.
Type species: Anodon ovata Swainson, 1841 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 196) = Anodontites trigona

Pleodon Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 286, footnote.
(error for Pleiodon Conrad, 1834)
Type species: Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834 = Pleiodon ovatus

Potomida Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 265, 268, 272-275, 280-281, 285, 289-290, 379.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 275 [as ‘Potomidea’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Mysca Turton, 1822; renamed Potamida Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Potomida littoralis

Potomidea Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 275.
(error for Potomida Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 = Potomida littoralis

Theliderma Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 267-273, 275-276, 289-290, 378.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; renamed Thelyderma Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 196) = Theliderma metanevra

Uniopsis Swainson, 1840

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 288, 290, 382.
Type species: Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 196) = Alasmidonta undulata

Attributed Nominal Species

Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 = Sulcularia viridis

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 382.
(new name for Unio calceolus Lea, 1828)

Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829 = Strophitus undulatus

Swainson, 1829. Zool. Illustr. 1: pl. 18.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Hemiodon areolata’].

Unio calciolus Swainson, 1840 = Sulcularia viridis

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, footnote.
(error for Unio calceolus Lea, 1828)

Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840 = Castalia cordata

Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: ??. [non-binomial]
‘Humphrey’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 379, footnote.
‘Humphrey’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965197, British Guayana.

Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 = Potomida littoralis

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268-269, fig. 51; 281-282, fig. 57; 379.

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (35 total).

Naia elongata Swainson, 1840 = Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 285. [nomen nudum]

Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841 = Prisodon obliquus

Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138 [as ‘elongatum’]. [nomen nudum]
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 380. [nomen nudum]
Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 29, pl. 24.

Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823 = Anodontites elongata

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 176.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Lamproscapha elongata’].

Unio (Cunicula) foliacia Swainson, 1840 = Epioblasma flexuosa

‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 274.
(error for Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828)

Unio gigas Swainson, 1824 = Pterosyna complanata

Swainson, 1824. Quart. J. Sci., Lit. & Arts 17: 15.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 265, 378.

Complanaria gigas Swainson, 1840 = Pterosyna complanata

Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2, fig. 141.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 288, 382.

Alasmodon inflata Swainson, 1840 = Alasmidonta undulata

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, footnote.
(intro'd as syn of Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840)

Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840 = Quadrula quadrula

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
specimen image from publication Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21.
F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489.
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100.
Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841.
Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84.
R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90.
Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53.
Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98.
(error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828)

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828 = Potomida littoralis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
specimen image from publication Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio marginata Swainson, 1840 = Lamellidens marginalis

‘Lamarck’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 278.
(error for Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Mysca mexicana Swainson, 1840 = unionoid nearctic-species

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 279. [nomen nudum]

Unio mytiliodes Swainson, 1840 = Reginaia ebenus

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 292.
(error for Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840)

Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840 = Reginaia ebenus

‘Rafinesque’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 269-270, figs. 52-53; 292 [as ‘mytilïodes’].
(misidentified reference to Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)

Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840 = Alasmidonta undulata

‘Lea’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289 [as ‘Uniopsis radiata’].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 382, fig. 62 [as ‘mytiloïdes’].
(renamed Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868)

Unio nodosa Swainson, 1840 = Aculamprotula nodulosa

‘Wood’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268, footnote.
(error for Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815)

Unio ossidens Swainson, 1840 = Lampsilis cardium

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262.
(error for Unio occidens Lea, 1829)

Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 113.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 380.
(renamed Arca rostrum Wood, 1828)

Anodon ovata Swainson, 1841 = Anodontites trigona

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Patularia ovata’].
Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 30, pl. 36.

Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840 = Parreysia corrugata

specimen image from publication Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6.
‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b [as ‘Unio corrugata’]. [in part]
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379.

Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823 = Potamilus leptodon

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160 [260?].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287; 381 [as ‘Hemiodon purpurscens’].

Unio (Cunicula) purpurata Swainson, 1840 = Elliptio complanata

‘Lam.’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 267, 274.
(error for Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819)

Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840 = Quadrula verrucosa

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 271, fig. 54d; 273.
(homonym of Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831)

Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840 = Alasmidonta undulata

‘Lea’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, fig. 62.
(misidentified reference to Alasmodonta radiata Conrad, 1834; renamed Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868)

Anodon rotundatus Swainson, 1841 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Patularia rotundatus’].
Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 31, pl. 37.

Anodon rubra Swainson, 1840 = Chambardia rubens

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
(error for Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822 = Strophitus undulatus

Swainson, 1822. Zool. Illustr. 2: pl. 96.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262.

Potomida sicula Swainson, 1840 = Unio elongatulus

Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282, fig. 58.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE BMNH_1907-10-28-255, Lake Leontini, Sicily.

Unio sinuosa Swainson, 1840 = Pseudunio auricularius

‘Lamarck’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262.
(error for Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819)

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823 = Unio tigridis

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 10.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 269-270.
(homonym of Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793)

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