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Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
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Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Wood & Hanley (1856): summary
Full Citation
Wood, W. & S. Hanley. 1856. Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean System; with the Latin and English Names, references to authors, and places where found. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Castalia ambigua Wood, 1828 = Castalia ambigua
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 3 [as ‘Mya ambigua’].
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 30, pl. 1, fig. 9.
Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 200, pl. 1, fig. 9.
(reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819)
Mya gravis Wood, 1828 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 3, pl. 1, sp. 6.
Hanley in Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 199, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815 = Aculamprotula nodulosa
Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pl. 22, figs. 1-2. [in part]
Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 29.
Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 16, pl. 2, fig. 29.
Unio obliquus Wood, 1828 = Pleurobema sintoxia
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 3 [as ‘Mya obliqua’].
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57, pl. 1, sp. 8.
Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 200, pl. 1, fig. 8.
(misidentified reference to Unio obliqua Lamarck, 1819)
Unio rigidus Wood, 1828 = Elliptio complanata
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 3 [as ‘Mya rigida’].
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57, pl. 1, sp. 10.
Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 200.
