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Publication Preston (1912): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Preston, H.B. 1912. A catalogue of the Asiatic naiades in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Indian Museum 7: 279-308. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta woodiana (Lea) = Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834
+ Anodonta aurata Küster, 1853
+ Anodon rotundatus Swainson, 1841
+ Anodon gibbum Cantor, 1842
+ Anodon gibba Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon tricostatus Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta edulis Heude, 1874
+ Anodon securiformis Heude, 1877
+ Anodon nigricans Heude, 1877
+ Anodon piscatorum Heude, 1878
+ Anodon elliptica Heude, 1878
+ Anodon fusca Heude, 1878
+ Anodon friniana Heude, 1878
+ Anodon joreti Heude, 1878
+ Anodon striata Heude, 1878
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Anodonta woodiana (Lea) = Sinanodonta elliptica

Anodonta woodiana (Lea) = Sinanodonta pacifica

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea) = Lanceolaria lanceolata
+ Triquetra contorta Lea, 1857

Chamberlainia hainesiana (Lea)
+ Unio imperialis Morelet, 1862

Cristaria (Pletholophus) reiniana (von Martens) = Pletholophus reinianus

Cristaria (Pletholophus) swinhoei (H. Adams) = Pletholophus tenuis
+ Unio swinhoei Sowerby, 1866

Cristaria (s.s.) bellua (Morelet) = Cristaria bellua

Cristaria (s.s.) herculea (Middendorff) = Cristaria plicata
+ Dipsas plicata var. clessini Kobelt, 1879
+ Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839

Cristaria (s.s.) herculea (Middendorff) = Cristaria clessini

Cristaria (s.s.) plicata (Leach, 1814) = Cristaria plicata
+ Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866
+ Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817
+ Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829
+ Anodonta magnifica Clessin, 1873
+ Dipsas occidentalis Heude, 1885
+ Barbala plicatula Paetel, 1890

Dalliella insularis (Drouet) = Pressidens exanthematicus

Dalliella purpurea (Valenciennes) = Simpsonella burroughiana
+ Anodonta burroughiana Lea, 1834
+ Unio bengalensis Lea, 1838
+ Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867
+ Unio verecundus Gould, 1850
+ Unio mauritianus Lea, 1859
+ Anodonta heldii Clessin, 1873
+ Anodonta chinensis Küster, 1853

Dalliella purpurea (Valenciennes) = Pletholophus tenuis

Dalliella subcrassa (Lea) = Simpsonella gracilis

Gabilliotia [sic] euphratica (Bourguignat) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica
+ Margaritana euphratica Kobelt, 1886
+ Unio churchilleanus Sowerby, 1868

Hyriopsis bialatus Simpson = Hyriopsis bialata
+ Unio delphinus Gruner, 1841
+ Unio megapterus Morelet, 1864

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea) = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Hyriopsis myersianus (Lea) = Hyriopsis myersiana
+ Unio housei Lea, 1856

Hyriopsis schlegeli (von Martens) = Sinohyriopsis schlegelii

Lamellidens (s.s.) mainwaringi ‘Nevill MS.’ sp. n. = Lamellidens mainwaringi

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis (Lamarck)
+ Unio groenlandicus Schröter, 1779
+ Unio testudinarius Spengler, 1793
+ Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793
+ Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819
+ Symphynota bilineata Lea, 1831
+ Unio evanescens Mousson, 1849

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis (Lamarck) = Lamellidens marginalis

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. candaharicus (Hutton) = Lamellidens candaharicus
+ Unio marginalis var. kandaharica Theobald, 1876

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. consobrinus (Lea) = Lamellidens generosus
+ Unio corbeti Deschamps, 1892

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. corrianus (Lea) = Lamellidens corrianus

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. generosus Gould = Lamellidens generosus
+ Unio generosus var. angustior Hanley & Theobald, 1872
+ Unio lamellatus Sowerby, 1868

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. generosus Gould = Trapezidens angustior

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. jenkinsianus (Benson) = Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. lamellatus (Lea) = Lamellidens lamellatus
+ Unio layardii Lea, 1859

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. obesus (Hanley & Theobald) = Lamellidens marginalis
+ Unio corrianus Sowerby, 1868

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. obesus (Hanley & Theobald) = Trapezidens dolichorhynchus

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. sawaddyensis (Nevill, MS.) var. n. = Lamellidens savadiensis

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. scutum Sowerby = Trapezidens scutum

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. sublamellatus (Nevill, MS.) var. n. = Trapezidens angustior

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. thwaitesi (Lea) = Lamellidens marginalis
+ Unio consobrinus Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. tricolor (Hanley and Theobald) = Lamellidens generosus

Lamellidens (s.s.) marginalis var. zonatus (Deshayes) = Trapezidens scutum

Lamellidens (s.s.) narainporensis sp. n. = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Lamellidens (s.s.) nongyangensis sp. n. = Lamellidens nongyangensis

Lamellidens (s.s.) phenchooganjensis sp. n. = Lamellidens mainwaringi

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874)
+ Cristaria megadesma Martens, 1875

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
+ Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835
+ Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
+ Unio sinuata C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Unio tristis Morelet, 1845
+ Margarita (Unio) crassissimus Lea, 1836
+ Unio (Alasm.) dahuricus Middendorff, 1850
+ Margaritana dahurica Kobelt, 1879
+ Alasmodon falcata Gould, 1850
+ Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851
+ Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1854
+ Unio raveneliana Chenu, 1859

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) = Margaritifera falcata

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) = Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) = Margaritifera middendorffi

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) = Margaritifera laevis

Margaritana margaritifera (Linnaeus) = Pseudunio auricularius

Nodularia (Lanceolaria) oxyrynchus [sic] (Mart.) = Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha

Nodularia (Radiatula) crispisulcata (Benson) = Radiatula crispisulcata

Nodularia (Radiatula) lima Simpson = Pseudoscabies scobina
+ Unio radula Hanley, 1856

Nodularia (Radiatula) lima var. siliguriensis Preston = Indonaia gratiosa

Nodularia (s.s.) andersoniana (Nevill) = Indonaia andersoniana

Nodularia (s.s.) bonneaudi (Eydoux) = Indonaia bonneaudii

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea (Lea) = Indonaia caerulea
+ Unio gerbidoni Eydoux, 1838
+ Unio substriatus Lea, 1856
+ Unio humilis Lea, 1856
+ Unio corrianus Küster, 1861
+ Unio leioma Benson, 1862
+ Unio pilatus Lea, 1866
+ Unio evitatus Lea, 1866
+ Unio trirostris Sowerby, 1868

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea (Lea) = Indonaia substriata

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea (Lea) = Scabies humilis

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea (Lea) = Scabies pilata

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea (Lea) = Indonaia bonneaudii

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. gaudichaudi (Eydoux) = Indonaia caerulea

Nodularia (s.s.) caerulea var. keraudreni (Eydoux) = Indonaia caerulea

Nodularia (s.s.) chaudhurii sp. n. = Radiatula chaudhurii

Nodularia (s.s.) crispata (Gould) = Scabies scobinatus
+ Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856
+ Unio mandarinus Morelet, 1864
+ Unio pellislacerti Morelet, 1865
+ Unio venustus Morelet, 1866
+ Unio oblitus Lea, 1870

Nodularia (s.s.) crispata (Gould) = Scabies mandarinus

Nodularia (s.s.) crispata (Gould) = Scabies crispata

Nodularia (s.s.) douglasiae (Gray) = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio murchisonianus Lea, 1834
+ Unio osbeckii Philippi, 1844
+ Unio nuxpersicae Dunker, 1849
+ Unio sculptus Deshayes, 1873
+ Unio douglasiae dactylinus Heude, 1885
+ Unio pictorum var. longirostris Westerlund, 1877
+ Unio abbreviatus Westerlund, 1897

Nodularia (s.s.) douglasiae (Gray) = Nodularia nuxpersicae

Nodularia (s.s.) douglasiae var. shanghaiensis Lea = Nodularia douglasiae

Nodularia (s.s.) ingallsiana (Lea) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Nodularia (s.s.) involuta (Benson) = Assamnaia involuta

Nodularia (s.s.) nuttalliana (Lea) = Indonaia caerulea

Nodularia (s.s.) occata (Lea) = Indonaia gratiosa

Nodularia (s.s.) olivaria (Lea) = Indonaia olivaria
+ Unio pumilio Küster, 1862

Nodularia (s.s.) pachysoma (Benson) = Indonaia corbis

Nodularia (s.s.) pazii (Lea) = Ensidens ingallsianus

Nodularia (s.s.) pecten sp. n. = Indonaia substriata

Nodularia (s.s.) pugio (Benson) = Indochinella pugio

Nodularia (s.s.) scobina (Hanley) = Pseudoscabies scobina

Nodularia (s.s.) shurtleffiana (Lea) = Indonaia shurtleffiana

Nodularia (s.s.) theobaldi (Nevill, MS.), sp. n = Indonaia theobaldi

Parreysia (s.s.) annandalei sp. n. = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia (s.s.) bhamoensis (Theobald) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio mandelayensis Theobald, 1873

Parreysia (s.s.) burmanus (Blanford) = Leoparreysia burmana
+ Unio birmanus Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Parreysia (s.s.) corbis (Hanley) = Indonaia corbis

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797
+ Unio rugosus Küster, 1862
+ Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya gaditana Schreibers, 1793
+ Unio multidentatus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio fulmineus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio lutens Lea, 1856
+ Unio luteus Lea, 1856
+ Unio semirugatus Chenu, 1858
+ Unio merodabensis Küster, 1861
+ Unio tennentii Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller) = Indonaia rugosa

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller) = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata (Müller) = Parreysia plagiosoma

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. fragilis Hanley & Theobald, = Parreysia smaragdites

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. laevirostris (Benson) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) corrugata var. nagpoorensis (Lea) = Parreysia nagpoorensis
+ Unio corrugatus var. nagporensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Parreysia (s.s.) daccaensis sp. n. = Lamellidens jenkinsianus

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens (Benson) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Mya spuria Wood, 1825
+ Unio trirostris Musgrave, 1863
+ Unio tripartitus Lea, 1863
+ Unio favidens var. marcens Benson, 1862

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens (Benson) = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens (Benson) = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. assamensis (Nevill, MS.), var. n. = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. chrysis (Benson) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. deltae (Benson) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. irridula [sic] (Benson) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. pinax (Benson) = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Parreysia (s.s.) favidens var. plagiosoma (Benson) = Parreysia plagiosoma

Parreysia (s.s.) feddeni (Theobald) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) gowhattensis (Theobald) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Parreysia gowhattenensis Simpson, 1900

Parreysia (s.s.) gowhattensis (Theobald) = Parreysia marcens

Parreysia (s.s.) perconvexa sp. n. = Leoparreysia perconvexa

Parreysia (s.s.) pernodulosa sp. n. = Leoparreysia burmana

Parreysia (s.s.) rajahensis (Lea) = Parreysia rajahensis
+ Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866

Parreysia (s.s.) sikkimensis (Lea) = Parreysia corrugata

Parreysia (s.s.) smaragdites (Benson) = Parreysia smaragdites

Parreysia (s.s.) tavoyensis (Gould) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio savoyensis Paetel, 1890
+ Unio parma Sowerby, 1868

Parreysia (s.s.) tavoyensis var. triembolus (Benson) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Unio houngdarauicus Tapparone Canefri, 1889

Parreysia (s.s.) tavoyensis var. triembolus (Benson) = Parreysia nagpoorensis

Parreysia (s.s.) wynegungaensis (Lea) = Parreysia corrugata
+ Unio wynegungensis Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio wynegungaensis Hanley & Theobald, 1872

Physunio (s.s.) gravidus (Lea) = Physunio superbus
+ Unio abnormis Morelet, 1862
+ Unio superbus Sowerby, 1867

Physunio (s.s.) micropterus (Morelet) = Lens micropterus

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea)
+ Anodonta siliqua Küster, 1853
+ Anodonta polita Mousson, 1849
+ Monocondyloea compressa Lea, 1863
+ Anodon javona Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon gracilis Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodon kelletii Sowerby, 1867
+ Anodonta sempervivens Deshayes & Jullien, 1876

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pilsbryoconcha exilis (Lea) = Pilsbryoconcha carinifera

Pseudodon (s.s.) ava (Theobald) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Pseudodon (s.s.) cambodjensis (Petit) = Pseudodon cambodjensis
+ Monocondylaea cambojensis Conrad, 1865

Pseudodon (s.s.) cumingii (Lea) = Sundadontina cumingii

Pseudodon (s.s.) inoscularis (Gould) = Pseudodon inoscularis

Pseudodon (s.s.) salwenianus (Gould) = Indopseudodon salwenianus
+ Margaron (Monocondylæa) salmeniana Lea, 1870

Pseudodon (s.s.) tumidus (Morelet) = Sundadontina tumida

Pseudodon (s.s.) vondembuschiana (Lea) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus
+ Monodontina buschiana Conrad, 1853
+ Unio vonbuschea Sowerby, 1866
+ Alasmodonta crispata Mousson, 1849
+ Monocondyloea planulata Lea, 1859
+ Margaritana fragilis Küster, 1862
+ Monocondylaea rhomboidea Küster, 1862

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus (Anthony) = Pseudodon inoscularis
+ Unio vondembuschii Sowerby, 1868

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus (Anthony) = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. curvata var. n. = Indopseudodon crebristriatus

Pseudodon (Trigonodon) crebristriatus var. peguensis (Anthony) = Indopseudodon salwenianus

Shistodesmus [sic] lampreyanus (Baird & Adams) = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Solenaia soleniformis (Benson) = Balwantia soleniformis
+ Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870
+ Mycetopus bensonianus Paetel, 1890

Trapezoideus exolescens (Gould) = Trapezidens exolescens

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould)
+ Unio peguensis Anthony, 1865

Trapezoideus foliaceus (Gould) = Yaukthwa peguensis

Trapezoideus foliaceus var. zayleymanensis (Nevill, MS.), var. n = Yaukthwa zayleymanensis

Trapezoideus misellus (Morelet) = Lens misellus
+ Unio siamensis Lea, 1866

Trapezoideus misellus var. subclathratus von Martens = Indonaia subclathrata

Trapezoideus pallegoixi (Sowerby) = Lens pallegoixi

Unio ascia Hanley, 1856 = Lens contradens

Unio modiola sp. n. = Unio mardinensis

Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851 = Middendorffinaia mongolica

Unio mussolianus Küster, 1861 = Unio tigridis
+ Unio bourguignatianus Lea, 1863
+ Unio rasus Lea, 1863
+ Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863

Unio perakensis sp. n. = Rectidens sumatrensis

Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
+ Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823
+ Unio dignatus Lea, 1863
+ Unio kisonis Kobelt & Rolle, 1895

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio terminalis

 
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