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Publication Sowerby (1866): summary

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Full Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 31-54. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio ahaeneus Sowerby, 1866 = Elliptio ahenea

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 194 [as ‘ahæneus’].
(error for Unio aheneus Lea, 1843)

Unio argenteus Sowerby, 1866 = Fusconaia cuneolus

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 204.
(misidentified reference to Unio argenteus Lea, 1841)

Unio auratus Sowerby, 1866 = Diplodon chilensis

specimen image from publication ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 45, sp. 245.
(reference to Unio auratus Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1968864, (South America).

Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835 = Diplodon parodizi

‘Lea’ of Authors.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 34.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 32, sp. 169.
Bertoni, 1925. Rev. Soc. Cient. del Paraguay 2(1): 73.
(misidentified reference to Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834)

Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866 = Lens micropterus

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 231.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965148, Camboja.

There are 7 available nominal species attributed to this publication (37 total).

Unio camelopardalis Sowerby, 1866 = Cambarunio taeniatus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 450.
Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29.
(error for Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860)

Unio discoideus Sowerby, 1866 = Potamilus ohiensis

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 53, sp. 275; errata [changed to ‘U. laevissimus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834)

Unio dolosus Sowerby, 1866 = Potamilus purpuratus

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 228.
(reference to Unio dolosus Lea, 1860)

Unio donaciformis Sowerby, 1866 = Truncilla cognata

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 214.
(misidentified reference to Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828)

Unio gundlachi Sowerby, 1866 = Nephronaias scamnata

specimen image from publication ‘Dunker’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 248.
(misidentified reference to Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858)

Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853 = Pleurobema hanleyianum

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256.
Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13.
Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32.
Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184.
Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129.
(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)

Unio haslehurstianus Sowerby, 1866 = Elliptio lanceolata

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 188.
(error for Unio hazlehurstianus Lea, 1858)

Unio hydeanus Sowerby, 1866 = Lampsilis hydiana

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 203.
(error for Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)

Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866 = Parreysia rajahensis

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 222.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965195, India.

Unio laoensis Sowerby, 1866 = Gibbosula laosensis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 47, sp. 256.
Haas, 1910. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 42): pl. 12, caption.
(error for Unio laosensis Lea, 1863)

Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862 = Alasmidonta marginata

‘Say’ of Authors.
specimen image from publication Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267.
(reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)

Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 224, figs. 224a-b [changed in errata to ‘nyssensis’].

Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866 = Lampsilis ornata

specimen image from publication ‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 31, sp. 162.
(reference to Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835)

Unio parvus Conrad, 1836 = Toxolasma texasiense

‘Barnes’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): 20, pl. 9, fig. 1.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 186.
(misidentified reference to Unio parvus Barnes, 1823)

Unio perovalis Sowerby, 1866 = Lampsilis fasciola

specimen image from publication ‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 209.
(misidentified reference to Unio perovalis Conrad, 1834)

Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866 = Cristaria plicata

“Say” Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 54, sp. 280.
(reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)

Unio poulsoni Sowerby, 1866 = Potamilus purpuratus

specimen image from publication ‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 270.
(reference to Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834)

Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866 = Fusconaia masoni

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198.
(reference to Unio pumilus Lea, 1838)
Type(s): BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?

Unio regularis Sowerby, 1866 = Lampsilis splendida

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 181.
(misidentified reference to Unio regularis Lea, 1841)

Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927 = Fusconaia masoni

‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198 [as ‘Unio pumilus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45.
(new name for Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?

Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866 = Lens eximius

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 48, sp. 258.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1968658, Lao Mountains, Camboja.

Unio solsiana Sowerby, 1866 = Diplodon solisianus

‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 268.
(error for Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835)

Unio subrotundus Sowerby, 1866 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 201.
(misidentified reference to Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831)

Unio succisus Sowerby, 1866 = Pustulosa succissa

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 33, sp. 174.
(reference to Unio succissus Lea, 1852; error for Unio succissus Lea, 1852)

Unio swinhoei Sowerby, 1866 = Pletholophus tenuis

specimen image from publication ‘Reeve’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 232.
‘H. Adams’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 27, sp. 108.
(reference to Unio swinhoei H. Adams, 1866)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968653, Formosa.

Unio texasianus Sowerby, 1866 = Toxolasma texasiense

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 218.
(error for Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857)

Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1866 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 210.
(homonym of Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)

Unio valentianus Sowerby, 1866 = Potomida littoralis

specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 225.

Unio vanuxemensis Sowerby, 1866 = Venustaconcha trabalis

specimen image from publication ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 216.
(misidentified reference to Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)

Unio ventricosus Sowerby, 1866 = Lampsilis cardium

‘Barnes’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 43, sp. 235.
(reference to Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio vonbuschea Sowerby, 1866 = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

specimen image from publication ‘Lea MS’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 269 [as ‘Unio Von Buschea’].

Unio ziczac Hanley, 1843 = Truncilla donaciformis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 183.
specimen image from publication Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 213.
(error for Unio zigzag Lea, 1829)

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