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Publication Wood (1825): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Wood, W. 1825. Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean System; with the Latin and English Names, references to authors, and places where found. 188 pp. + 37 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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

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

Mya spuria Wood, 1825
‘Gmelin’ Wood, 1825. Index Testac.: 12, pl. 2, sp. 35.
(reference to Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791)

Taxonomic Opinions

Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 = Unio crassus

Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Mya crassa Wood, 1815 = Gibbosula crassa

Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791 = Unio pictorum

Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815 = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 = Unio tumidus

Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis radiata

Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791 = Indonaia rugosa

Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791 = Parreysia corrugata

Mya syrmatophora Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Mya variabilis Maton, 1811 = Diplodon variabilis

Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803 = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791 = Mutela dubia

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

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