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Publication Humphrey (1797): summary
publication summary Complete CitationHumphrey, G. 1797. Museum Calonnianum. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraBarbala Gray, 1825
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.
Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138.
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata Capsa Lamarck, 1818
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553.
(renamed Procos Gistl, 1848) Nux Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59. Scapha Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59. Attributed Nominal SpeciesCapsa violacea Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59. | |
Castalia cordata Swainson, 1840
 Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: ??. [non-binomial]
‘Humphrey’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 379, footnote.
‘Humphrey’ Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965197, British Guayana. | |
Mya fragilis Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59. | |
Mya ventricosa Humphrey, 1797
‘Solander’ Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 56.
‘Solander’ Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 26 [as ‘U.ventricosa’].
(intro'd as syn of Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819) | |
Nux nigella Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59. | |
Scapha elongata Humphrey, 1797
Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59. [nomen nudum] | |
Taxonomic OpinionsBarbala plicata Soland. = Cristaria plicata Capsa violacea = Geloina expansa
+ Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786 Mya complanata = Elliptio complanata Mya fragilis Mya margaritifera = Margaritifera margaritifera Mya pictorum = Unio pictorum Mya ponderosa = Gibbosula crassa Mya ventricosa Soland. = Potamilus purpuratus Nux nigella = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758 Scapha elongata = Mutela dubia
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