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Publication Swainson (1841): summary

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Swainson, W. 1841. Exotic Conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells, drawn on stone from the most select specimens; the descriptions systematically arranged on the principles of the natural system (2nd ed.). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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 ovata Swainson, 1841 = Anodontites trigona

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

Anodon pictus Swainson, 1841 = unionoid species

Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 39.

Anodon rotundatus Swainson, 1841 = Sinanodonta woodiana

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

Anodon sinuosis Swainson, 1841 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Lamarck’ Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 29, pl. 16.
(error for Anodonta sinuosa Lamarck, 1819)

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