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Publication J.G. Anthony (1865): summary
Full Citation
Anthony, J.G. 1865. Descriptions of new species of North American Unionidae. American Journal of Conchology 1(2): 155-164 . Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio deviatus Reeve, 1864 = Epioblasma turgidula
‘Anthony MS’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 61.
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 156, pl. 12, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965210, Tennessee.
Unio distans J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Lampsilis siliquoidea
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 156, pl. 13, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_146978, Ohio.
Anodon flava J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon fragilis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 160, pl. 14, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161866, Michigan.
Anodon glandulosa J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon fragilis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 163, pl. 16, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161869, Shears Lake, Kent Co., Michigan.
Anodon imbricata J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon grandis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 159, pl. 14, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161861, Camp Lake, Michigan.
There are 14 available nominal species attributed to this publication (16 total).
Alasmodonta impressa J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Alasminota holstonia
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150666, Tennessee.
Anodon irisans J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon fragilis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 163, pl. 16, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161870, Bostwick’s Lake, Michigan.
Anodon micans J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Anodonta californiensis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 162, pl. 16, fig. 1.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] MCZ_187290 (by R.I. Johnson, 1956: 124), Boundary Survey - Texas.
Anodon opalina J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon grandis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 159, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150633, Shears Lake, Michigan.
Anodon pallida J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon fragilis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 162, pl. 15, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161871, Michigan.
Anodon papyracea J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Strophitus undulatus
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 161, pl. 15, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150656, Potomac River, Virginia.
Alasmodon rhombica J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Strophitus undulatus
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 158, pl. 12, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_50296, Michigan.
Unio sacculus Reeve, 1864 = Epioblasma florentina
‘Anthony, MS’ Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 15, sp. 67.
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 157, pl. 12, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161898, Tennessee.
Unio striatissimus J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pleurobema oviforme
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 156, pl. 12, fig. 1.
Anodon subangulata J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon grandis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 158, pl. 13, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_150645, Michigan.
Anodon subinflata J.G. Anthony, 1865 = Pyganodon grandis
J.G. Anthony, 1865. Amer. J. Conch. 1(2): 160, pl. 15, fig. 1 [as ‘sub-inflata’].
(homonym of Anodonta variabilis subinflata Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MCZ_161863, [Shears Lake, Kent Co.], Michigan.
