Publication Sowerby (1869): summary

Full Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1869. Monograph of the Genus Anodon. Conchologica Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 17: pls. 21-24. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon amethystus Sowerby, 1869 = Anodontites elongata

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 24, sp. 95, fig. 95a-b.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: index [as ‘wheatleyi’].

Anodon biangulata Sowerby, 1869 = Gonidea angulata

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 23, sp. 88, figs. 88a-b.

Anodon dunlopiana Sowerby, 1869 = Utterbackiana couperiana

specimen image from publication‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 23, sp. 87.
(error for Anodonta dunlapiana Lea, 1842)

Anodon ovata Sowerby, 1869 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1869. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 22, sp. 85.
(reference to Anodonta ovata Lea, 1838)

Taxonomic Opinions

specimen image from publication Anodon biangulata (Sowerby, 1869) = Gonidea angulata

specimen image from publication Anodon buchanensis (Lea, 1838) = Anodontoides ferussacianus

specimen image from publication Anodon cylindracea (Lea, 1838) = Anodontites cylindracea

specimen image from publication Anodon decora (Lea, 1838) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon dunlopiana [sic] (Lea, 1842) = Utterbackiana couperiana

There are 17 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

specimen image from publication Anodon solidula (Deville & Hupé, 1850) = Anodontites elongata