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Publication Griffith & Pidgeon (1834): summary

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Full Citation

Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon. 1834. The Mollusca and Radiata. [in] Griffith, E. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the institute of France, &c. &c. &c. 12(39-40): 193-601. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dipsada Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 106.
(error for Dipsas Leach, 1814)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

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 Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Diplodon chilensis

specimen image from publication Gray 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.

Unio chinensis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 = Diplodon chilensis

Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834. [in] Cuvier, Animal Kingdom 12(39-40): 600.
(error for Unio chilensis Gray, 1828)

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 publication Griffith & 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 Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Anodontites trigona

specimen image from publication Gray 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 leaii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Lamprotula leaii

specimen image from publication Gray 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 smithii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Diplodon chilensis

specimen image from publication Gray 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 Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publication Gray 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 publication Griffith & 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

Anodontes anatinus Chemn. = Anodonta anatina

Anodontes cygneus (Lin.) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodontes exotica Encyc. Method. = Mutela dubia

Castalia ambigua Lam.

Hyria rugosa Encyc. Meth. = Triplodon corrugatus

Unio littoralis Lam. = Potomida littoralis

Unio margaritifera L. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio pictorum L.

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