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

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Publication Gould (1844): summary
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Complete Citation

Gould, A.A. 1844. Dr. Gould read descritiptions of two Anodon, from the river Salwen, in British Burmah, sent him by Rev. F. Mason. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1: 160-161. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Pseudodon Gould, 1844
Gould, 1844. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 161.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodon Oken, 1815; renamed Pseudodus Morgan, 1885)
Type species: Anodon inoscularis Gould, 1844 (orig. desig.) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon inoscularis Gould, 1844
Gould, 1844. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 160.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_86352 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 92), River Salwen, Tavoy, Brit. Burmah.

Anodon salweniana Gould, 1844
Gould, 1844. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 160.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_169445 (by R.I. Johnson, 1964: 145), Salwen River, British Burmah.

Anodon (Pseudodon) stewartii Gould, 1844
Gould, 1844. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1: 161.
(error for Anodonta stewartiana Lea, 1834)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodon (Pseudodon) edentula (Say) = Strophitus undulatus

Anodon (Pseudodon) inoscularis = Pseudodon inoscularis

Anodon (Pseudodon) salweniana = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Anodon (Pseudodon) stewartii [sic] = Pyganodon grandis
 
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