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Damaris Swainson, 1823

‘Leach’ Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160.
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 321.
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio (Niaa) atrata Swainson, 1823 = Potamilus fragilis

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 171.

Anodon crassus Swainson, 1823 = Anodontites patagonica

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 167.

Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823 = Anodontites elongata

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 176.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Lamproscapha elongata’].

Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823 = Potamilus fragilis

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 171.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 55, pl. 30.
(reference to Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823 = Potamilus leptodon

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160 [260?].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287; 381 [as ‘Hemiodon purpurscens’].

Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823 = Unio tigridis

Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 10.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 269-270.
(homonym of Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793)