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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Gray (1840), 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

Gray, J.E. 1840. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum 42nd ed.. 370 pp.

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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

Barbatia Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: ??.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)

Leila Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Gray, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 197.
Type species: Iridina esula d’Orbigny, 1835 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 197) = Leila esula

Pharus Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: ??.

Heterodon Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]

Velorita Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 149.
Gray, 1842, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 75.
Gray, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
(error for Villorita Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Monocondyla Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Bankia Gray, 1842
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1842, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 76.

Geloina Gray, 1842
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 149. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1842, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 44th ed.: 75.
Gray, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
Type species: Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847) = Geloina erosa

Agaria Gray, 1847
Gray, 1840, Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 150. [nomen nudum]
Gray, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 194.

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