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Publication Swainson (1840): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Swainson, W.A. 1840. A Treatise on Malacology: or the Natural Classification of Shells and Shell-Fish. 419 pp. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aeglia cariosus (Say, 1817) = Lampsilis cariosa

Aeglia cuneata Sw. = Epioblasma triquetra

Aeglia ochraceus (Say, 1817) = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Aeglia radiatus = Lampsilis radiata

Aeglia siliquoideus = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Aeglia ventricosa = Lampsilis cardium

Aeglia (Canthyria) spinosa (Lea, 1836) = Elliptio spinosa

Aeglia (Naidea) ater (Lea, 1829) = Potamilus purpuratus

Aeglia (s.s.) occidens (Lea, 1829) = Lampsilis cardium

Aeglia (s.s.) ovata (Say, 1817) = Lampsilis ovata

Alasmodon undulata (Say, 1817) = Alasmidonta undulata

Anodon anatinus = Anodonta anatina

Anodon cataracta Lam. = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodon cygnea Lam. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodon trapezialis [sic] (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites trapesialis

Calceola angulata Swainson, 1840 = Sulcularia viridis
+ Unio calceolus Lea, 1828

Calceola truncata = Sulcularia viridis

Calliscapha nilotica Sow. = Mutela dubia

Castalia (Naïa) corrugata Lam. = Parreysia corrugata

Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840 = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797

Castalia (s.s.) cordata Humphrey = Castalia ambigua
+ Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1839
+ Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Castalia (s.s.) cordata Humphrey = Castalia cordata

Castalia (s.s.) pectinata Spix = Castalia ambigua
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827

Complanaria gigas Swainson, 1840 = Pterosyna complanata
+ Alasmodon complanatus Sowerby, 1839

Complanaria rugosa (Barnes, 1823) = Lasmigona costata

Hemiodon areolata (Swainson, 1829) = Strophitus undulatus

Hemiodon purpurascens (Swainson, 1823) = Potamilus leptodon

Hemiodon undulatus (Say, 1817) = Strophitus undulatus
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822

Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon obliquus

Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyria elongata Swainson, 1841 = Prisodon obliquus

Hyria syrmatophora Gmelin = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Iridea granosa Lam. = Diplodon granosus

Iridina elongata Sowerby, 1821 = Mutela dubia

Iridina ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

Iridina striata Sw. = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819

Lamproscapha elongata (Swainson, 1823) = Anodontites elongata

Lamproscapha ensiforme Spix = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Lamproscapha pygmaea Spix = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Lamproscapha siliquosa Spix = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Margaritana arcuata (Barnes, 1823) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana elongata (Lamarck, 1819) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mycetopus solenoides (Sowerby, 1839) = Mycetopoda soleniformis

Mysca mexicana Swainson, 1840

Mysca nasuta Say = Sagittunio nasutus

Mysca nilotica = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Mysca (Lymnadia) alata (Say, 1817) = Potamilus alatus

Mysca (Lymnadia) compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Mysca (Lymnadia) fragilis Sw. = Potamilus fragilis

Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Lam. = Potomida littoralis

Mysca (Potomida) elongata = Potomida littoralis

Mysca (Potomida) littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) = Potomida littoralis

Mysca (Potomida) sicula (Swainson, 1840) = Unio elongatulus

Mysca (Potomida) sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius

Mysca (s.s.) batava Lam. = Unio crassus

Mysca (s.s.) marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) = Lamellidens marginalis

Mysca (s.s.) ovata Sw. = Unio tumidus

Mysca (s.s.) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

Patularia ovata (Swainson, 1841) = Anodontites trigona

Patularia rotundatus (Swainson, 1841) = Sinanodonta woodiana

Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829 = Cristaria plicata

Symphynota laevissima Lea, 1829 = Potamilus ohiensis

Symphynota plicata (Leach, 1815) = Cristaria plicata

Symphynota rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens

Symphynota tenuissima Lea, 1829 = Potamilus leptodon

Unio (Cunicula) cuneata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava

Unio (Cunicula) foliacia ‘Say’ Swainson, 1840 = Epioblasma flexuosa

Unio (Cunicula) patula Lea, 1829 = Pleurobema clava

Unio (Cunicula) planulata Lea, 1829 = Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Unio (Cunicula) purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

Unio (Cunicula) rubiginosa Lea, 1829 = Fusconaia flava

Unio (Cunicula) secura Lea, 1829 = Ellipsaria lineolata

Unio (Ligumia) recta Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta

Unio (Megadomus) gigas Sw. = Pterosyna complanata

Unio (s.s.) Æsopus = Plethobasus cyphyus

Unio (s.s.) circula Lea, 1829 = Obovaria subrotunda

Unio (s.s.) cornuta Barnes, 1823 = Obliquaria reflexa

Unio (s.s.) ellipsis Lea, 1828 = Obovaria olivaria

Unio (s.s.) gibbosus “Lea” = Eurynia dilatata

Unio (s.s.) mytiloides (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema clava

Unio (s.s.) obliqua “Lea” = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio (s.s.) sulcata Lea, 1829 = Epioblasma obliquata

Unio (s.s.) torsa (Rafinesque, 1820) = Obovaria retusa

Unio (s.s.) truncatus Swainson, 1823 = Unio tigridis

Unio (s.s.) undatus Barnes, 1823 = Fusconaia flava

Unio (Theliderma) crassidens Lamarck, 1819 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio (Theliderma) crassus Barnes, 1823 = Amblema plicata

Unio (Theliderma) cylindrica Say, 1817 = Theliderma cylindrica

Unio (Theliderma) dombeyana Valenciennes = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio (Theliderma) irrorata Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Unio (Theliderma) lachrymosa [sic] Lea, 1828 = Quadrula quadrula

Unio (Theliderma) metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) = Theliderma metanevra

Unio (Theliderma) nodulosa (Wood, 1815) = Scriptolamprotula nodulosa

Unio (Theliderma) peruviana Lamarck, 1819 = Amblema plicata

Unio (Theliderma) plicata LeSueuer = Amblema plicata

Unio (Theliderma) pustulata Swainson, 1840 = Quadrula verrucosa

Unio (Theliderma) pustulosa Lea, 1831 = Pustulosa pustulosa

Unio (Theliderma) rariplicata Lamarck, 1819 = Amblema plicata

Unio (Theliderma) rugosus = Quadrula quadrula

Unio (Theliderma) undulata Valenciennes = Megalonaias nervosa

Unio (Theliderma) undulatus Barnes, 1823 = Amblema plicata

Unio (Theliderma) verrucosa Barnes, 1823 = Cyclonaias tuberculata

Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840 = Alasmidonta undulata
+ Alasmodonta radiata Conrad, 1834
+ Alasmodon inflata Swainson, 1840

Uniopsis mytiloides Swainson, 1840 = Strophitus radiatus