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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

Barbata Sowerby, 1839

‘Humphrey’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Cyrenoides Sowerby, 1839

Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 37.
(error for Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835)
Type species: Cyrenoida dupontia de Joannis, 1835 = Cyrenoida dupontia

Dreissina Sowerby, 1839

Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 40.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Ethaeria Agassiz, 1839

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1839. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 12: 418.
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 17.
(error for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)
Type species: Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria elliptica

Galathaea Bory de St. Vincent, 1827

Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 163 [as ‘Galathæa’].
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 88.
(error for Galatea Bruguière, 1797)
Type species: Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804 = Galatea paradoxa

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

Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1839 = Castalia ambigua

‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: fig. 140.
(reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819)

Unio atratus Sowerby, 1839 = Diplodon chilensis

Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 121, fig. 148.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Niaa) atrata Swainson, 1823)

Alasmodon complanatus Sowerby, 1839 = Pterosyna complanata

Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2, fig. 141.
(reference to Alasmodonta complanata Barnes, 1823)

Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821 = Mutela dubia

Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 40, pl. 90.
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 54, fig. 150.

Complanaria gigas Swainson, 1840 = Pterosyna complanata

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

Mycetopus solenoides Sowerby, 1839 = Mycetopoda soleniformis

Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 67, fig. 151.