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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Sowerby (1878): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Sowerby, G.B. 1878. Monograph of the Genus Cyrena. Conchologica Iconica, or Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals 20. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula erosa Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 6, figs. 46a, b.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula erosa Prime, 1861)

Cyrena arata Sowerby, 1878
Theobald, 1876. Cat. Land Freshw. Shells Brit. Ind.: 44. [nomen nudum]
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 17, fig. 93.

Cyrena cardiformis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 8, figs. 27a-b.

Cyrena donaciformis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 19, fig. 108.

Cyrena floridana Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 18, fig. 102.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena floridana Conrad, 1846)

Cyrena fragilis Sowerby, 1878
Deshayes, Mus. Cuming Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: ??.

Cyrena gracilis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 14, fig. 67.
(reference to Corbicula gracilis Prime, 1862)

Cyrena mallacensis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 12, fig. 52, pl. 16, fig. 88.
(error for Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1855)

Cyrena maritima Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 8, fig. 30.
(reference to Cyrena maritima C.B. Adams, 1852)

Cyrena moussoniana Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 17, fig. 97.
(error for Corbicula moussoni Deshayes, 1855)

Cyrena solida Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 18, sp. 104.
(homonym of Cyrena solida Dunker, 1843)

Cyrena yokohamanensis Sowerby, 1878
Sowerby, 1878. Conch. Icon. 20: pl. 12, fig. 55.
 
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