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Publication Wood (1815): summary

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Wood, W. 1815. General Conchology: or, a description of shells arranged according to the Linnean system and illustrated with plates drawn and coloured from nature 1. 246 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya crassa Wood, 1815 = Gibbosula crassa

Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pls. 20-21.
specimen image from publication Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 28.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 57 [as ‘Unio crassus’].

Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815 = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pl. 22, figs. 1-2. [in part]
specimen image from publication Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 29.
Wood & Hanley, 1856. Index Testac.: 16, pl. 2, fig. 29.

Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815 = unionoid species

Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 106, pl. 22, figs. 3-4. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815)

Unio tennentii Hanley & Theobald, 1872 = Parreysia plagiosoma

Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 108, pl. 24, figs. 1-3 [as ‘Mya corrugata’].
specimen image from publication Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 22, pl. 45, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1907-12-30-56, British India.

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