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

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Publication Prashad (1919): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Prashad, B. 1919. Studies on the anatomy of Indian Mollusca. The soft parts of some Indian Unionidae. Records of the Indian Museum 16: 289-296. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Balwantia Prashad, 1919
Prashad, 1919. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 290.
Type species: Anodonta soleniformis Benson, 1836 (orig. desig.) = Balwantia soleniformis

Eolymnium Prashad, 1919
Prashad, 1919. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 410.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852 (orig. desig.) = Unio terminalis

Parreyssia Kobelt, 1910
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 85.
Prashad, 1918. Rec. Ind. Mus. 15: 145.
Prashad, 1919. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 292.
(error for Parreysia Conrad, 1853)

Attributed Nominal Species

Pseudodon salvenianus Prashad, 1919
Prashad, 1919. Rec. Ind. Mus. 16: 295.
(error for Anodon salweniana Gould, 1844)

Taxonomic Opinions

Balwantia soleniformis (Benson)

Lamellidens marginalis

Parreyssia [sic] favidens = Parreysia corrugata

Physunio ferrugineus = Lamellidens ferrugineus

Pseudodon (s.s.) salvenianus [sic] = Indopseudodon salwenianus
 
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