Publication Gray (1840): summary

Full Citation

Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum 42nd ed.. 370 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Agaria Gray, 1847

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 194.

Bankia Gray, 1842

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1842. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 76.

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

Geloina Gray, 1842

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 149. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1842. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 75.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
Type species: Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847) = Geloina coaxans

Heterodon Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]

Leila Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197.
Type species: Iridina esula d’Orbigny, 1835 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 197) = Leila esula

Monocondyla Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type species: Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Pharus Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: ??.

Velorita Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 149.
Gray, 1842. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 75.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
(error for Villorita Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)