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Publication Conrad (1834): summary

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Conrad, T.A. 1834. Description of a new genus of fresh water shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7(1): 178-180. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Pleiodon Conrad, 1834

Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 178.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267.
(renamed Pliodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834 (monotypy) = Pleiodon ovatus

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleiodon macmurtrei ‘Conrad’ of Authors = Pleiodon ovatus

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 443.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 601.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834)

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Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834 = Pleiodon ovatus

Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180, pl. 13 [also as ‘macmurtrei’].
(correct name for Pleiodon macmurtrei ‘Conrad’ of Authors)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_41888, [no locality available - West Africa].

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