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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Sowerby (1839): summary
publication summary Complete CitationSowerby, G.B., jr. 1839. A Conchological Manual. 130 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAlasmodon Thompson, 1820
Thompson, 1820. Ann. Phil. 16: 116.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 54.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2.
‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 264, 266, 269-274, 278-279, 290, 382.
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196.
‘Say’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
(error for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846) Anodon Oken, 1815
Oken, 1815. Lehrb. Naturg. 3: 238.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 30.
‘Lam.’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 6.
‘Lam.’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262.
‘Burguière’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 1.
(new name for Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea Barbata Sowerby, 1839
‘Humphrey’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 81.
Agassiz, 1845. Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 10.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 43.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825) Cyrenoides Sowerby, 1839
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 37.
(error for Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835) Dreissina Sowerby, 1839
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 40.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835) Ethaeria Agassiz, 1839
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1839. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 12: 418.
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 17.
(error for Etheria Lamarck, 1807) Galathaea Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 163 [as ‘Galathæa’].
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 88.
(error for Galatea Bruguière, 1797) Lymnadia Sowerby, 1839
‘Sw.’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 60.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 265-266, 268, 273, 285, 289-290; 379 [as ‘Lymnadea’].
(renamed Limnadea Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio gigas Swainson, 1824 (monotypy) = Lasmigona complanata Attributed Nominal SpeciesAlasmodon complanatus Sowerby, 1839
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2, fig. 141.
(reference to Alasmodonta complanata Barnes, 1823) | |
Castalia ambigua Sowerby, 1839
‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: fig. 140.
(reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819) | |
Complanaria gigas Swainson, 1840
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2, fig. 141.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 288, 382. | |
Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 40, pl. 90.
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 54, fig. 150. | |
Mycetopus solenoides Sowerby, 1839
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 67, fig. 151. | |
Unio atratus Sowerby, 1839
Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 121, fig. 148.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Niaa) atrata Swainson, 1823) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAlasmodon complanata (Barnes, 1823) = Lasmigona complanata Anodon cataractus (Say, 1817) = Pyganodon cataracta Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819 Cristaria tuberculata Fer. = Cristaria plicata Diplodon multistriatus (Lea, 1831) Dipsas plicatus (Leach, 1815) = Cristaria plicata Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria elliptica Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819 = Triplodon corrugatus Hyria syrmatophora (Lam.) = Prisodon syrmatophorus Iridina elongata Sowerby, 1821 = Mutela dubia Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera Monocondylaea paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 Mycetopoda solenoides (Sowerby, 1839) = Mycetopoda soleniformis Mysca pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum Platiris (Iridina) exotica (Lamarck, 1819) = Mutela dubia Platiris (Iridina) ovata (Swainson, 1823) = Pleiodon ovatus Platiris (Spatha) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) = Mutela dubia Platiris (Spatha) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens Platiris (Spatha) solenoides (Sowerby, 1839) = Mycetopoda soleniformis Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus Unio atratus Lam. = Potamilus fragilis Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 = Potomida littoralis
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 = Unio tumidus
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