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Publication Sowerby (1869): summary

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Full Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1869. Genus Anodon. Conchologica Iconica 17: pls. 21-24. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon amethystus Sowerby, 1869 = Anodontites elongata

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 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 publication Sowerby, 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

Anodon biangulata (Sowerby, 1869) = Gonidea angulata

Anodon buchanensis (Lea, 1838) = Anodontoides ferussacianus

Anodon cylindracea (Lea, 1838) = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodon decora (Lea, 1838) = Pyganodon grandis

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

Anodon exilis (Lea, 1838) = Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Anodon fluviatilis Lea = Pyganodon cataracta
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817

Anodon hallenbeckii (Lea, 1858) = Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Anodon harpethensis (Lea, 1840) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon lingulata (Hupé, 1857) = Anodontites trigona

Anodon ovata (Lea, 1838) = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta opaca Lea, 1852

Anodon plana (Lea, 1834) = Pyganodon grandis

Anodon solidula (Deville & Hupé, 1850) = Anodontites elongata

Anodon wheatleyi (Lea, 1852) = Anodontites elongata
+ Anodon amethystus Sowerby, 1869

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