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Publication Frierson (1922): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Frierson, L.S. 1922. Observations on the genera Leila and Anodontites. Nautilus 36: 7-10. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Leila grayana Frierson, 1922
‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 57.
Frierson, 1922. Nautilus 36: 9.
(new name for Anodon exoticus Sowerby, 1867)

Leila sowerbyana Frierson, 1922
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 33, sp. 134 [as ‘Anodon trautwinianus’].
Frierson, 1922. Nautilus 36: 9.
(homonym of Glabaris trapezea var. sowerbyana Ihering, 1893)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta grandis grijalvae Morelet, 1884 = Pyganodon globosa

Leila grayana new name = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon exoticus Sowerby, 1867

Leila sowerbyana new name = Anodontites trigona
+ Anodon trautwinianus Sowerby, 1870

Mycetopoda longina (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Mycetopus subsinuatus Sowerby, 1868

Mycetopoda longina (Spix, 1827) = Mycetopoda subsinuata

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