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Publication Hanley & Theobald (1872): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

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

Lamellidens marginalis var. hanleyi Simpson, 1900
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 4 [as ‘Unio marginalis var. corriana’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 855.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1169.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Unio birmanus Hanley & Theobald, 1872
‘Blanford’ of Authors.
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 19.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio burmanus Blanford, 1869)

Unio candaharicus Hutton, 1849
Hutton, 1849. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 18(1): 660.
‘Hutton’ Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 43, fig. 4 [as ‘Unio marginalis var. candaharica’].

Unio consobrinus Hanley & Theobald, 1872
‘Lea’ Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 19, pl. 41, fig. 7.
(misidentified reference to Unio consobrinus Lea, 1860)

Unio scobina Hanley, 1856
‘Benson ms’ Hanley, 1856. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 382, pl. 23, fig. 40.
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 22, pl. 46, figs. 2-3.

Unio tennentii Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Wood, 1815. Gen. Conch. 1: 108, pl. 24, figs. 1-3 [as ‘Mya corrugata’].
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 22, pl. 45, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1907-12-30-56, British India.

Unio thwaitesii Hanley & Theobald, 1872
‘Lea’ Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 43, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio thwaitesii Lea, 1859)

Unio wynegungaensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 6.
(reference to Unio wynegungaensis Lea, 1860)

Unio corrugatus var. fragilis Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 4.
(homonym of Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968651, [no locality available - Asia].

Unio corrugatus var. nagporensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21.
(error for Unio nagpoorensis Lea, 1860)

Unio corrugatus var. solida Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 21, pl. 45, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio solidus Lea, 1838; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)

Unio generosus var. angustior Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 22, pl. 46, fig. 7.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio generosus Gould, 1847)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968655, Pegu.

Unio marginalis var. corriana Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Unio corrianus Lea, 1834)

Unio marginalis var. cylindrica Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 1.
(homonym of Unio cylindricus Say, 1817; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): UNKNOWN BMNH_429-06-1-1, Poonassa.

Unio marginalis var. obesa Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 43, fig. 3.
(homonym of Unio obesus Lea, 1831; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1907-12-30-46, River Iriwadi, Birmah.

Unio marginalis var. typica Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 43, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819; new name for Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

Unio marginalis var. zonata Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587 [as ‘marginalis’].
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819)

 
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