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Publication J.G. Anthony (1865): summary

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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

specimen image from publication ‘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

specimen image from publication ‘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.

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