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

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Publication Gray (1847): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the genera of Recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-219. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

There are 4 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (21 total).
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Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta esula Gray, 1847
‘Orb.’ Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197.
(misidentified reference to Iridina esula d’Orbigny, 1835)

Mülleria lobata Adams & Adams, 1857
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 193. [nomen nudum]
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511.
Adams & Adams, 1858. Gen. Rec. Moll. 3: pl. 120, figs. 4a-b.
‘Férussac’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435, fig. 222 [as ‘Mulleria’].

Unio metanera Gray, 1847
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
(error for Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fluminalis

 
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