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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Hanley & Theobald (1876): summary
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Complete Citation

Hanley, S. & W. Theobald. 1876. Conchologia Indica: Illustrations of the Land and Freshwater Shells of British India (8): 57-65, pls. 141-160. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula iravadica Blanford, 1880
“Blandford mss.” Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62, pl. 140, fig. 8.
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 45.
Blanford, 1880. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49: 221.

Unio bhamaoensis Hanley & Theobald, 1876
‘Theobald’ of Authors.
Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio bhamoensis Theobald, 1873)

Unio houngdarauicus Tapparone Canefri, 1889
Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): pl. 154, fig. 7 [as ‘U. Tavoyensis var. ?].
Tapparone Canefri, 1889. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 27: 341.
Type(s): TYPES MUSEO CIVICO DI STORIA NATURALE, GENOA, ITALY, Houngdaran River, Meetan, Tenasserim, Lower Burma.

Unio mandelayanus Hanley & Theobald, 1876
Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62.
(error for Unio mandelayensis Theobald, 1873)

Unio rugosus Hanley & Theobald, 1876
Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62, pl. 154, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio rugosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio vulcanus Hanley, 1876
Hanley, 1876. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875: 606.
Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62, pl. 155, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1900-3-19-20, Birmah.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio bhamaoensis [sic] Theob. = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio mandelayanus [sic] Theobald, 1873 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio parma Benson in Conch. Icon. = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio rugosus Gmel. = Indonaia rugosa

Unio tavoyensis Gould = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Unio vulcanus Hanley, 1875 = Leoparreysia vulcanus

 
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