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

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Publication Hanley & Theobald (1872): summary
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Complete Citation

Hanley, S. & W. Theobald. 1872. Conchologia Indica: Illustrations of the Land and Freshwater Shells of British India (3): 19-28, pls. 41-60. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (17 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Unio birmanus [sic] Blanford, 1869 = Leoparreysia burmana

Unio bonneaudi Eydoux & Souleyet, 1838 = Indonaia bonneaudii

Unio consobrinus Lea = Lamellidens generosus

Unio corbis Benson in Hanley = Indonaia corbis

Unio corrugatus (Müller) = Parreysia corrugata

Unio corrugatus var. fragilis = Parreysia smaragdites

Unio corrugatus var. laevirostris Benson, 1862 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio corrugatus var. nagporensis [sic] Lea = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Unio corrugatus var. solida = Parreysia corrugata

Unio crispatus Gould = Scabies crispata

Unio favidens var. chrysis Benson, 1862 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio favidens var. deltæ Benson, 1862 = Parreysia corrugata

Unio foliaceus Gould = Trapezoideus foliaceus
+ Unio peguensis Anthony, 1865

Unio foliaceus Gould = Yaukthwa peguensis

Unio generosus Gould = Lamellidens generosus

Unio generosus var. angustior = Trapezidens angustior

Unio involutus Benson in Hanley = Assamnaia involuta

Unio jenkinsianus Benson, 1862 = Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Unio lamellatus Lea = Lamellidens lamellatus

Unio layardi Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens lamellatus

Unio marcens Benson, 1862 = Parreysia marcens

Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio testudinarius Spengler, 1793
+ Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio groenlandicus Schröter, 1779

Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819 = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio marginalis var. anodontina Küster non Lamarck = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio marginalis var. bilineata Reeve (as of Lea) = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio marginalis var. candaharicus = Lamellidens candaharicus

Unio marginalis var. corriana Lea = Lamellidens corrianus

Unio marginalis var. cylindrica = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio marginalis var. obesa = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus

Unio marginalis var. tricolor Kuster = Lamellidens generosus

Unio marginalis var. typica = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio marginalis var. zonata = Trapezidens scutum

Unio nuttallianus Lea = Indonaia caerulea

Unio scobina Benson in Hanley = Pseudoscabies scobina

Unio scutum Benson’s MSS in Reeve = Trapezidens scutum

Unio tennentii = Parreysia plagiosoma

Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859 = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio wynegungaensis Lea = Parreysia corrugata