Publication Sowerby (1867): summary

Full Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Monograph of the Genus Anodon. Conchologica Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 17: pls. 2-19. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974765.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon annulatus Sowerby, 1867 = Strophitus undulatus

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 67.

Anodon areolatus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

(homonym of Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829)
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 10, sp. 28.

Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867 = Simpsonella burroughiana

(homonym of Unio bengalensis Lea, 1838)
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 49.

Anodon blainvilleana Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

(error for Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834; misidentified reference to Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 6, sp. 12.

Anodon caillaudii Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapezea

(error for Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860)
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 12, sp. 38.

There are 18 available nominal species attributed to this publication (38 total).
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Anodon cheeziana Sowerby, 1867 = Aspatharia chaiziana

(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)
specimen image from publication‘Rang’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, sp. 52.
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1964384, Hab._?

Anodon crepera Sowerby, 1867 = Simpsonella gracilis

(reference to Anodonta crepera Lea, 1851)
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 17, fig. 16.

Anodon edentulus Sowerby, 1867 = Pyganodon grandis

(misidentified reference to Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829)
specimen image from publication‘Lea, MS’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 17, sp. 60.

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Anodon exoticus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

(homonym of Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819; renamed Leila grayana Frierson, 1922)
specimen image from publication‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 57.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965207, Rio de la Plata.

Anodon gibba Sowerby, 1867 = Sinanodonta woodiana

(reference to Anodon gibbum Benson in Cantor, 1842)
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 6, sp. 13.

Anodon gigantea ‘Lea’ of Authors = Anodontites trapesialis

(misidentified reference to Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
H. Adams, 1866. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1866: 444 [as ‘Leila gigantea’].
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 19, fig. 18.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 36, sp. 152 [as ‘A. trapezialis Lamarck’].

Anodon gracilis Sowerby, 1867 = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

(misidentified reference to Anodonta gracilis Lea, 1851)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 45.

Leila grayana Frierson, 1922 = Anodontites trapesialis

(new name for Anodon exoticus Sowerby, 1867)
‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 57.
Frierson, 1922. Nautilus 36: 9.

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Anodon herculeus Sowerby, 1867 = Cristaria plicata

(reference to Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848)
specimen image from publication‘Gertsford?’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965200, Hab._? [Tago, Japan].

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Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867 = Leila blainvilliana

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 4, sp. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965205, Hab._?

Anodon hordeum Sowerby, 1867 = Pyganodon fragilis

(misidentified reference to Anodon horda Gould, 1855; error for Anodon horda Gould, 1855)
specimen image from publication‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 66.

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Anodon javona Sowerby, 1867 = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

specimen image from publication‘Von Busch’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 33.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1965213, Java.

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Anodon kelletii Sowerby, 1867 = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 71.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964392, Hab._?

Anodonta laosensis Fischer, 1891 = Brachyanodon nuttalliana

(new name for Anodon rostratus Sowerby, 1867)
‘Rokiel’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 4 [as ‘Anodon rostratus’].
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 219.

Anodon moretonianus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

(error for Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834; misidentified reference to Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 9, sp. 21, fig. 20.

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Anodon nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867 = Pyganodon globosa

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 58.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965189, Rio Nopalata, Mexico.

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Anodon pallegoixi Sowerby, 1867 = Lens pallegoixi

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 18, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965193, Siam.

Anodonta pennsylvanica ‘Lamarck’ of Authors = Strophitus undulatus

(error for Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819)
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Stark, 1828. Elements Nat. Hist. 2: 89.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 79.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 618.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 40.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 22 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus-pennsylvanicus’].
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 373 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus pennsylvanicus’].

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Anodon reticulatus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites crispata

specimen image from publication‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 10, sp. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965208, River Amazon.

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Anodon rostratus Sowerby, 1867 = Brachyanodon nuttalliana

(misidentified reference to Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; renamed Anodonta laosensis Fischer, 1891)
specimen image from publication‘Rokiel’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 4.
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM BMNH_1965214, Lao.

Anodonta salmonea ‘Lea’ of Authors = Pyganodon grandis

(error for Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 74.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15.
F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 155.

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Anodon scriptus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publication‘Férussac’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 4, sp. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964370, Hab._?

Anodon simplicidus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

specimen image from publication‘Parreyss’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 12, sp. 40.

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Anodon solenidea Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites solenidea

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 65.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965201, Rio Sao Francisco.

Anodon subcylindracea Sowerby, 1867 = Pyganodon fragilis

(misidentified reference to Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, fig. 47a. [in part]

Anodon subcylindracea ‘Lea’ of Authors = Anodontoides ferussacianus

(reference to Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)
‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 47. [in part]
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 92, pl. 26, figs. 6-7.

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Anodon subreniformis Sowerby, 1867 = Aspatharia subreniformis

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 50.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965192, Lake Nyassa.

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Anodon tabula Sowerby, 1867 = Chambardia wahlbergi

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 68.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965190, Sierra Leone.

Anodon tenebrosa Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites tenebricosa

(error for Anodonta tenebricosa Lea, 1834)
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 13, sp. 43.

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Anodon triangularis Sowerby, 1867 = nomen dubium

specimen image from publication‘Lanza?’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, sp. 56.
specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 29, fig. 56b.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965211, Hab._?

Anodonta undulata ‘Say’ of Authors = Strophitus undulatus

(reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)
‘Say’ of Authors.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 290.
Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.

Taxonomic Opinions

specimen image from publication Anodon angulatus (Lea, 1838) = Gonidea angulata

specimen image from publication Anodon annulatus Sowerby, 1867 = Strophitus undulatus

specimen image from publication Anodon areolatus Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publication Anodon atrovirens (Shuttleworth) = Anodonta cygnea

specimen image from publication Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867 = Simpsonella burroughiana

There are 80 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

specimen image from publication Anodon exoticus ‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publication Anodon javona ‘Von Busch’ Sowerby, 1867 = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

specimen image from publication Anodon lata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Hemistena lata

specimen image from publication Anodon pallidus Anthony, J.G., 1865 = Pyganodon fragilis

specimen image from publication Anodon reticulatus ‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites crispata

Anodon rostratus ‘Rokeil’ [sic] = Anodonta anatina

specimen image from publication Anodon scriptus ‘Férussac’ Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontites trapesialis

specimen image from publication Anodon simplicidus ‘Parreyss’ Sowerby, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodon trapezialis [sic] (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis

+ Anodon gigantea ‘Lea’ of Authors

specimen image from publication Anodon triangularis ‘Lanza?’ Sowerby, 1870

specimen image from publication Anodon undulatus (Say, 1817) = Strophitus undulatus

+ Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819

+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822