Publication Griffith & Pidgeon (1833): summary

Full Citation

Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon. 1833. The Mollusca and Radiata. [in] Griffith, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the institute of France, &c. &c. &c. 12(38): 1-192, pls. 1-27, 29-35, 38-39. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Villorita Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833

Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 31, fig. 5.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 601.
Type species: Cyrena cyprinoides Gray, 1825 (monotypy) = Villorita cyprinoides

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio childreni Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Diplodon chilensis

specimen image from publicationGray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 20, fig. 1.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 600.

Cyrena cyprinoides Gray, 1825 = Villorita cyprinoides

Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 136.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 31, fig. 5 [as ‘Villorita’].
Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 601 [as ‘Villorita’].

Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Nodularia douglasiae

specimen image from publicationGriffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 21, fig. 2 [as ‘douglasiæ’].
‘Gray’ Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 601 [as ‘douglasiæ’].

Anodon georginae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Anodontites trigona

specimen image from publicationGray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 19, fig. 3 [as ‘georginæ’].
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 595 [as ‘georginæ’].

Unio grayii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Lanceolaria grayii

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): 601, pl. 21, fig. 3.

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).

Unio leaii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Lamprotula leaii

specimen image from publicationGray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 21, fig. 1.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 600.

Unio magnificus Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Pletholophus tenuis

specimen image from publicationGriffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 24, fig. 2 [as ‘Unio tenuis’].
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 57, sp. 289.
(misidentified reference to Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834)

Cyrena similis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Corbicula fluminea

specimen image from publicationGray Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 20, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Venus similis Gray in Wood, 1828)

Unio smithii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Diplodon chilensis

specimen image from publicationGray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 20, fig. 3.
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 600.

Anodon susannae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publicationGray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 24, fig. 1 [as ‘susannæ’].
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 595 [as ‘susannæ].

Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Pletholophus tenuis

specimen image from publicationGriffith & Pidgeon, 1833. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(38): pl. 24, fig. 2.
‘Gray’ Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 595 [as ‘Anodon tenuis’], 601.

Taxonomic Opinions

Villorita cyprinoides