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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Sowerby (1866): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationSowerby, G.B. 1866. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 31-54. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesMargaritana marginata Küster, 1862
‘Say’ of Authors.
 Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267. | |
Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198 [as ‘Unio pumilus’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ? | |
Unio ahaeneus Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 194 [as ‘ahæneus’]. | |
Unio argenteus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 204. | |
Unio auratus Sowerby, 1866
  ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 45, sp. 245.
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1968864, (South America). | |
Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835
‘Lea’ of Authors.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 34.
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 32, sp. 169.
Bertoni, 1925. Rev. Soc. Cient. del Paraguay 2(1): 73. | |
Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866
  Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 231.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965148, Camboja. | |
Unio camelopardalis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ of Authors.
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 450.
Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29. | |
Unio discoideus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 53, sp. 275; errata [changed to ‘U. laevissimus Lea’]. | |
Unio dolosus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 228. | |
Unio donaciformis Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 214. | |
Unio gundlachi Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Dunker’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 248. | |
Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
 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. | |
Unio haslehurstianus Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 188. | |
Unio hydeanus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 203. | |
Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866
  Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 222.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965195, India. | |
Unio laoensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ of Authors.
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 47, sp. 256.
Haas, 1910. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 42): pl. 12, caption. | |
Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 224, figs. 224a-b [changed in errata to ‘nyssensis’]. | |
Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 31, sp. 162. | |
Unio parvus Conrad, 1836
‘Barnes’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): 20, pl. 9, fig. 1.
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 186. | |
Unio perovalis Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 209. | |
Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866
“Say” Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 54, sp. 280. | |
Unio poulsoni Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 270. | |
Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198.
Type(s): BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ? | |
Unio regularis Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 181. | |
Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866
  Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 48, sp. 258.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1968658, Lao Mountains, Camboja. | |
Unio solsiana Sowerby, 1866
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 268. | |
Unio subrotundus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 201. | |
Unio succisus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 33, sp. 174. | |
Unio swinhoei Sowerby, 1866
  ‘Reeve’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 232.
 ‘H. Adams’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 27, sp. 108.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968653, Formosa. | |
Unio texasianus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 218. | |
Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 210. | |
Unio valentianus Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 225. | |
Unio vanuxemensis Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 216. | |
Unio ventricosus Sowerby, 1866
‘Barnes’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 43, sp. 235. | |
Unio vonbuschea Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea MS’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 269 [as ‘Unio Von Buschea’]. | |
Unio ziczac Hanley, 1843
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 183.
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 213. | |
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