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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Swainson (1840): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationSwainson, W.A. 1840. A Treatise on Malacology: or the Natural Classification of Shells and Shell-Fish. 419 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAlasmodon inflata Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, footnote. (intro'd as syn of Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840) | |
Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829 Swainson, 1829. Zool. Illustr. 1: pl. 18. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Hemiodon areolata’]. | |
Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823 Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 176. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Lamproscapha elongata’]. | |
Anodon ovata Swainson, 1841 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Patularia ovata’]. Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 30, pl. 36. | |
Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823 Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160 [260?]. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287; 381 [as ‘Hemiodon purpurscens’]. | |
Anodon rotundatus Swainson, 1841 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Patularia rotundatus’]. Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 31, pl. 37. | |
Anodon rubra Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287. (error for Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819) | |
Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822 Swainson, 1822. Zool. Illustr. 2: pl. 96. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262. | |
Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825 ‘Lamarck’ of Authors. Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538. Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147. Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63. Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93. d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53. Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220. d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52. Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82. Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135. Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456. Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529. Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340. H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70. Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27. (error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819) | |
Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 382. (new name for Unio calceolus Lea, 1828) | |
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. | |
Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6. ‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b [as ‘Unio corrugata’]. [in part] Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379. | |
Complanaria gigas Swainson, 1840 Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2, fig. 141. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 288, 382. | |
Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841 Gray, 1825. Ann. Phil. 9: 138 [as ‘elongatum’]. [nomen nudum] Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 284, 380. [nomen nudum] Swainson, 1841. Ex. Conch.: 29, pl. 24. | |
Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 Swainson, 1823. Philos. Mag. & J. 61: 113. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 380. (renamed Arca rostrum Wood, 1828) | |
Mysca mexicana Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 279. [nomen nudum] | |
Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268-269, fig. 51; 281-282, fig. 57; 379. | |
Naia elongata Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 285. [nomen nudum] | |
Potomida sicula Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282, fig. 58. Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE BMNH_1907-10-28-255, Lake Leontini, Sicily. | |
Quadrula lachrymosa Swainson, 1840 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 378. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 177. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 256. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 497.
Reeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 9, sp. 33. Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 21. F.C. Baker, 1898. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 3(1): 83, pl. 25, fig. 1; pl. 12, fig. 2. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 776. Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 489. Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(10): 100. Ortmann, 1909. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 5: 199. Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23(11): 140. Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 116. Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 253. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 839, 841. Vanatta, 1915. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 67: 556. Ortmann & Walker, 1922. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 14, 16. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 47. F.C. Baker, 1928. Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 84. R.I. Johnson, 1980. Bull. MCZ 149(2): 90. Vidrine, 1993. Histr. Distr. Freshw. Mussels LA: 53. Strayer & Jirka, 1997. Pearly Mussels NY (26): 98. (error for Unio lacrymosus Lea, 1828) | |
Unio calciolus Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, footnote. (error for Unio calceolus Lea, 1828) | |
Unio gigas Swainson, 1824 Swainson, 1824. Quart. J. Sci., Lit. & Arts 17: 15. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 265, 378. | |
Unio litoralis Menke, 1828 ‘Lamarck’ of Authors. Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64. Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32. Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282. Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34. Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37. Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98. Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461. Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54. Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433. Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52. (error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798) | |
Unio marginata Swainson, 1840 ‘Lamarck’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 278. (error for Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819) | |
Unio mytiliodes Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 292. (error for Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840) | |
Unio nodosa Swainson, 1840 ‘Wood’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268, footnote. (error for Mya nodulosa Wood, 1815) | |
Unio ossidens Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262. (error for Unio occidens Lea, 1829) | |
Unio sinuosa Swainson, 1840 ‘Lamarck’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262. (error for Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819) | |
Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823 Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 10. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 269-270. (homonym of Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793) | |
Unio (Cunicula) foliacia Swainson, 1840 ‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 274. (error for Unio foliatus Hildreth, 1828) | |
Unio (Cunicula) purpurata Swainson, 1840 ‘Lam.’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 267, 274. (error for Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819) | |
Unio (s.s.) mytiloides Swainson, 1840 ‘Rafinesque’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 269-270, figs. 52-53; 292 [as ‘mytilïodes’]. (misidentified reference to Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840 Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 271, fig. 54d; 273. (homonym of Unio pustulatus Lea, 1831) | |
Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840 ‘Lea’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289 [as ‘Uniopsis radiata’]. Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 382, fig. 62 [as ‘mytiloïdes’]. (renamed Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868) | |
Uniopsis radiata Swainson, 1840 ‘Lea’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 289, fig. 62. (misidentified reference to Alasmodonta radiata Conrad, 1834; renamed Unio swainsoni Sowerby, 1868) | |
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