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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 Sowerby (1867), 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

Sowerby, G.B. 1867. Genus Anodon. Conchologica Iconica 17: pls. 2-19.

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Attributed Species Names

Anodonta undulata Hildreth, 1828
‘Say’ of Authors.
Hildreth, 1828, Amer. J. Sci. 14: 290.
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
(reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Anodonta pennsylvanica Stark, 1828
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Stark, 1828, Elements Nat. Hist. 2: 89.
Lea, 1836, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Lea, 1838, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Lea, 1852, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 263.
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 30.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 79.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 618.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 40.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 22 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus-pennsylvanicus’].
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 373 [as ‘Strophitus undulatus pennsylvanicus’].
(error for Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon gigantea H. Adams, 1866
‘Lea’ of Authors.
H. Adams, 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1866: 444 [as ‘Leila gigantea’].
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 19, fig. 18.
Sowerby, 1870, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 36, sp. 152 [as ‘A. trapezialis Lamarck’].
(misidentified reference to Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838)

Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 49.
(homonym of Unio bengalensis Lea, 1838)

Anodon blainvilleana Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 6, sp. 12.
(error for Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834; misidentified reference to Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)

Anodon scriptus Sowerby, 1867
‘Férussac’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 4, sp. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964370, Hab._?

Anodon subsinuatus Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 7, sp. 14.

Anodon areolatus Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 10, sp. 28.
(homonym of Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829)

Anodon nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 58.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965189, Rio Nopalata, Mexico.

Anodon gibba Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 6, sp. 13.
(reference to Anodon gibbum Cantor, 1842)

Anodon moretonianus Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 9, sp. 21, fig. 20.
(error for Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834; misidentified reference to Anodonta mortoniana Lea, 1834)

Anodon exoticus Sowerby, 1867
‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 57.
(homonym of Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819; renamed Leila grayana Frierson, 1922)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965207, Rio de la Plata.

Anodon herculeus Sowerby, 1867
‘Gertsford?’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 3, sp. 7.
(reference to Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965200, Hab._? [Tago, Japan].

Anodon gracilis Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 45.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta gracilis Lea, 1851)

Anodon subreniformis Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 50.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965192, Lake Nyassa.

Anodon kelletii Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 71.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1964392, Hab._?

Anodon subcylindracea Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 47. [in part]
Clessin, 1873, Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 92, pl. 26, figs. 6-7.
(reference to Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)

Anodon triangularis Sowerby, 1867
‘Lanza?’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, sp. 56.
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1870, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 29, fig. 56b.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965211, Hab._?

Anodon dactylus Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 75.

Anodon javona Sowerby, 1867
‘Von Busch’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 11, sp. 33.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1965213, Java.

Anodonta salmonea Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 19, sp. 74.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 15.
F.C. Baker, 1928, Bull. Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey 70(2): 155.
(error for Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838)

Anodon rostratus Sowerby, 1867
‘Rokiel’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 4.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; renamed Anodonta laosensis Fischer, 1891)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM BMNH_1965214, Lao.

Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 4, sp. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1965205, Hab._?

Anodon tabula Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 68.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965190, Sierra Leone.

Anodon simplicidus Sowerby, 1867
‘Parreyss’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 12, sp. 40.

Anodon pallegoixi Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 18, fig. 17.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965193, Siam.

Anodon reticulatus Sowerby, 1867
‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 10, sp. 27.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965208, River Amazon.

Anodon cheeziana Sowerby, 1867
‘Rang’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, sp. 52.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1964384, Hab._?

Anodon edentulus Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea, MS’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 17, sp. 60.
(misidentified reference to Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829)

Anodon tenebrosa Sowerby, 1867
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 13, sp. 43.
(error for Anodonta tenebricosa Lea, 1834)

Anodon solenidea Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 65.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965201, Rio Sao Francisco.

Anodon crepera Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 8, sp. 17, fig. 16.
(reference to Anodonta crepera Lea, 1851)

Anodon annulatus Sowerby, 1867
Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 67.

Anodon hordeum Sowerby, 1867
‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 18, sp. 66.
(misidentified reference to Anodon horda Gould, 1855; error for Anodon horda Gould, 1855)

Anodon subcylindracea Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 15, fig. 47a. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)

Anodon caillaudii Sowerby, 1867
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 12, sp. 38.
(error for Anodonta cailliaudii Lea, 1860)

Anodonta laosensis Fischer, 1891
‘Rokiel’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 2, sp. 4 [as ‘Anodon rostratus’].
Fischer, 1891, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 219.
(new name for Anodon rostratus Sowerby, 1867)

Leila grayana Frierson, 1922
‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 16, sp. 57.
Frierson, 1922, Nautilus 36: 9.
(new name for Anodon exoticus Sowerby, 1867)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodon angulatus (Lea, 1838)

Anodon annulatus Sowerby, 1867

Anodon areolatus Sowerby, 1867

Anodon atrovirens (Shuttleworth)

Anodon bengalensis Sowerby, 1867

Anodon blainvilleana [sic] (Lea, 1834)

Anodon bonellii Férussac

Anodon caillaudii [sic] (Lea, 1860)

Anodon cataractus (Say, 1817)

Anodon charpentieri (Küster, 1842)
+ Anodonta tumida Küster, 1842

Anodon cheeziana [sic] (Rang, 1835)

Anodon complanatus ‘Ziegler’

Anodon couperianus (Lea, 1840)

Anodon creperus (Lea, 1850)

Anodon dactylus Sowerby, 1867

Anodon dariensis (Lea, 1858)

Anodon edentulus Lea, MS.
+ Anodon areolatus Swainson, 1829

Anodon ensiformis Spix & Wagner, 1827

Anodon exoticus ‘Gray’ Sowerby, 1867

Anodon ferussaciana (Lea, 1834)

Anodon footiana (Lea, 1840)

Anodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon gesneri (Lea, 1858)

Anodon gibba Benson, 1855

Anodon gibbosus (Say, 1824)

Anodon gracilis (Lea, 1850)

Anodon herculeus ‘Gertsford?’

Anodon hians Sowerby, 1867

Anodon hordeum [sic] Gould, 1855

Anodon implicatus (Say, 1829)

Anodon incertus (Lea, 1834)

Anodon javona ‘Von Busch’ Sowerby, 1867

Anodon kelletii Sowerby, 1867

Anodon lacustris (Lea, 1857)

Anodon lata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodon lato-marginatus (Lea, 1834)

Anodon lucasii Morelet
+ Anodonta numidica Bourguignat, 1864

Anodon micans Anthony, J.G., 1865

Anodon modestus (Lea, 1857)

Anodon mortonianus (Lea, 1834)

Anodon newtonensis (Lea, 1838)

Anodon nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867

Anodon oblongus (Millet, 1833)

Anodon obtusus Spix

Anodon oregonensis (Lea, 1838)

Anodon pallegoixi Sowerby, 1867

Anodon pallidus Anthony, J.G., 1865

Anodon papyraceus Anthony, J.G., 1865

Anodon politus (Mousson, 1849)

Anodon pulvinatus (Hupé, 1857)

Anodon rayi (Dupuy, 1849)

Anodon reticulatus ‘Gould’ Sowerby, 1867

Anodon rostratus ‘Rokeil’ [sic]

Anodon rubens (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon salmonea [sic] (Lea, 1838)

Anodon scriptus ‘Férussac’ Sowerby, 1867

Anodon senegalensis (Lea, 1859)

Anodon simplicidus ‘Parreyss’ Sowerby, 1867

Anodon sinuosus (Lamarck, 1819)

Anodon solenidea Sowerby, 1867

Anodon subcrassa (Lea, 1850)

Anodon subcylindracea (Lea, 1838)

Anodon suborbiculatus (Say, 1831)

Anodon subreniformis Sowerby, 1867

Anodon subsinuatus Sowerby, 1867

Anodon susannae Griffiths

Anodon tabula Sowerby, 1867

Anodon tenebrosa [sic] (Say)

Anodon tenuis (Lea, 1850)

Anodon trapezialis [sic] (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Anodon gigantea H. Adams, 1866

Anodon triangularis ‘Lanza?’ Sowerby, 1870

Anodon undulatus (Say, 1817)
+ Anodonta pensylvanica Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodon rugosus Swainson, 1822

Anodon wahlamatensis (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852

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