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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Sowerby (1866): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationSowerby, G.B. 1866. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 31-54. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesMargaritana marginata Küster, 1862 ‘Say’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267. (reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818) | |
Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198 [as ‘Unio pumilus’]. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45. (new name for Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866) Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ? | |
Unio ahaeneus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 194 [as ‘ahæneus’]. (error for Unio aheneus Lea, 1843) | |
Unio argenteus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 204. (misidentified reference to Unio argenteus Lea, 1841) | |
Unio auratus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 45, sp. 245. (reference to Unio auratus Philippi, 1847) Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1968864, (South America). | |
Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835 ‘Lea’ of Authors. d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 34.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 32, sp. 169. Bertoni, 1925. Rev. Soc. Cient. del Paraguay 2(1): 73. (misidentified reference to Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834) | |
Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 231. Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965148, Camboja. | |
Unio camelopardalis Sowerby, 1866 ‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 450. Watters, 2018. Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29. (error for Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860) | |
Unio discoideus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 53, sp. 275; errata [changed to ‘U. laevissimus Lea’]. (misidentified reference to Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834) | |
Unio dolosus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 228. (reference to Unio dolosus Lea, 1860) | |
Unio donaciformis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 214. (misidentified reference to Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828) | |
Unio gundlachi Sowerby, 1866
‘Dunker’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 248. (misidentified reference to Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858) | |
Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249. B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3]. Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759. Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780. Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 256. Burch, 1975. Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13. Turgeon et al., 1988. Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32. Williams et al., 1993. Fisheries 18(9): 13. Parmalee & Bogan, 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184. Lydeard et al., 1999. Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129. (error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852) | |
Unio haslehurstianus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 188. (error for Unio hazlehurstianus Lea, 1858) | |
Unio hydeanus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 203. (error for Unio hydianus Lea, 1838) | |
Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 222. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965195, India. | |
Unio laoensis Sowerby, 1866 ‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 47, sp. 256. Haas, 1910. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 42): pl. 12, caption. (error for Unio laosensis Lea, 1863) | |
Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 224, figs. 224a-b [changed in errata to ‘nyssensis’]. | |
Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866
‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 31, sp. 162. (reference to Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835) | |
Unio parvus Conrad, 1836 ‘Barnes’ of Authors. Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): 20, pl. 9, fig. 1.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 186. (misidentified reference to Unio parvus Barnes, 1823) | |
Unio perovalis Sowerby, 1866
‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 209. (misidentified reference to Unio perovalis Conrad, 1834) | |
Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866 “Say” Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 54, sp. 280. (reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814) | |
Unio poulsoni Sowerby, 1866
‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 270. (reference to Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834) | |
Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198. (reference to Unio pumilus Lea, 1838) Type(s): BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ? | |
Unio regularis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 181. (misidentified reference to Unio regularis Lea, 1841) | |
Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 48, sp. 258. Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1968658, Lao Mountains, Camboja. | |
Unio solsiana Sowerby, 1866 ‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 268. (error for Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835) | |
Unio subrotundus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 201. (misidentified reference to Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831) | |
Unio succisus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 33, sp. 174. (reference to Unio succissus Lea, 1852; error for Unio succissus Lea, 1852) | |
Unio swinhoei Sowerby, 1866
 ‘Reeve’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 232.
‘H. Adams’ Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 27, sp. 108. (reference to Unio swinhoei H. Adams, 1866) Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968653, Formosa. | |
Unio texasianus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 218. (error for Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857) | |
Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 210. (homonym of Unio troostensis Lea, 1834) | |
Unio valentianus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 225. | |
Unio vanuxemensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 216. (misidentified reference to Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838) | |
Unio ventricosus Sowerby, 1866 ‘Barnes’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 43, sp. 235. (reference to Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823) | |
Unio vonbuschea Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea MS’ Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 269 [as ‘Unio Von Buschea’]. | |
Unio ziczac Hanley, 1843 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 183.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 213. (error for Unio zigzag Lea, 1829) | |
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