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Publication Benson (1836): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Benson, W.H. 1836. Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the museum of the Asiatic Society. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 741-750. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Scaphula Benson, 1834
Benson, 1834. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 91.
Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
Benson, 1856. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17: 128.
Type species: Scaphula celox Benson, 1836 (sub. desig. by of Authors, 0) = Scaphula celox

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836
Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
(homonym of Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831; renamed Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870)

Scaphula celox Benson, 1836
Benson, 1830. Glean. Sci. 2: pl. 7, figs. 2-3.
Benson, 1836. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 750.
Benson, 1856. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17: 129.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta soleniformis = Balwantia soleniformis

Scaphula celox

Unio cæruleus Lea = Indonaia caerulea

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