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Publication Wood (1828): summary
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Complete Citation

Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. 59 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aetheria Oken, 1818
Oken, 1818. Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827. unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)

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

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (14 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria elliptica (Lamarck, 1807) = Etheria elliptica

Anodon anatinus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Anodon cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Arca rostrum Wood, 1828 = Pleiodon ovatus

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791

Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon obliquus

Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819 = Triplodon corrugatus
+ Mya angulata Wood, 1828

Iridina elongata Sowerby, 1821 = Mutela dubia

Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823 = Mutela dubia

Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus
+ Arca rostrum Wood, 1828

Mya angulata Wood, 1828 = Triplodon corrugatus

Mya gravis Wood, 1828 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio alatus (Sw.) = Potamilus alatus

Unio batavus (Maton & Rackett, 1807) = Unio crassus

Unio cariosus Say, 1817 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
+ Mya gravis Wood, 1828

Unio cariosus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio corrugatus (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Unio crassus (Wood, 1815) = Gibbosula crassa

Unio elongatus Lamarck, 1819 = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758

Unio nasutus Say, 1817 = Sagittunio nasutus

Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819 = Unio pictorum
+ Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791

Unio obliquus Wood, 1828 = Pleurobema sintoxia

Unio oblongatus Wood, 1828 = Lampsilis radiata

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823 = Ligumia recta

Unio radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) = Lampsilis radiata

Unio rigidus Wood, 1828 = Elliptio complanata

Unio rotunda Wood in Hanley, 1856 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828 = Alasmidonta marginata

Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata

 
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