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

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This page documents data for Swainson (1823), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Swainson. 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): .

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Attributed Genus Names

Damaris Swainson, 1823
‘Leach’ Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160.
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Leach, 1852, Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 321.
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Attributed Species Names

Unio (Niaa) atrata Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 171.

Unio truncatus Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 10.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 269-270.
(homonym of Unio truncatus Spengler, 1793)

Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 171.
Deshayes, 1832, Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Conrad, 1836, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 55, pl. 30.
(reference to Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodon crassus Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 167.

Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160 [260?].
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 287; 381 [as ‘Hemiodon purpurscens’].

Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823
Swainson, 1823, Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 176.
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 381 [as ‘Lamproscapha elongata’].

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