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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Hanley & Theobald (1870): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Hanley, S. & W. Theobald. 1870. Conchologia Indica: Illustrations of the Land and Freshwater Shells of British India (1): 1-10, pls. 1-20. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio lamellatus Hanley & Theobald, 1870
Hanley & Theobald, 1870. Conch. Indica (1): 5, pl. 9, fig. 6.
(misidentified reference to Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838)

Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863
Musgrave, 1863. Phot. Conch. of Conch. Misc. Hanley: pl. 2, fig. 9.
Hanley & Theobald, 1870. Conch. Indica (1): 6, pl. 11, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1907-12-30-45, Hindostan.

Taxonomic Opinions

Pseudodon inoscularis (Gould)
+ Unio vondembuschii Sowerby, 1868

Pseudodon salwenianum (Gould) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Spatha soleniformis (Benson, 1836) = Balwantia soleniformis

Trigonodon crebristriatum (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus
+ Monocondyloea peguensis Anthony, 1865

Trigonodon crebristriatum (Anthony, 1865) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Unio bonneaudi Eydoux & Souleyet, 1838 = Indonaia bonneaudii

Unio cæruleus Lea = Indonaia caerulea

Unio crispisulcatus Benson, 1862 = Radiatula crispisulcata

Unio favidens Benson, 1862 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio favidens var. pinax Benson, 1862 = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Unio favidens var. plagiosoma Benson, 1862 = Parreysia plagiosoma

Unio gerbidoni Eydoux and Souleyet, 1838 = Indonaia caerulea

Unio lamellatus Lea = Lamellidens lamellatus

Unio leioma Benson, 1862 = Indonaia bonneaudii

Unio macilentus Benson, 1862 = Indonaia gratiosa
+ Unio occatus Lea, 1860

Unio olivarius Lea = Indonaia olivaria

Unio pachysoma Benson, 1862 = Indonaia corbis

Unio pugio Benson, 1862 = Indochinella pugio

Unio radula Benson in Hanley = Pseudoscabies scobina

Unio sikkimensis Lea, 1859 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio smaragdites Benson, 1862 = Parreysia smaragdites

Unio theca Benson, 1862 = Lamellidens corrianus

Unio trirostris in Hanley’s Phot. Conch. = Parreysia nagpoorensis

 
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