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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 (1866), 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. 1866. Genus Unio. Conchologica Iconica 16: pls. 31-54.
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Attributed Species Names
Unio burroughianus d’Orbigny, 1835
‘Lea’ of Authors.
d’Orbigny, 1835, Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 34.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 32, sp. 169.
Bertoni, 1925, Rev. Soc. Cient. del Paraguay 2(1): 73.
(misidentified reference to Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834)
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Unio parvus Conrad, 1836
‘Barnes’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1836, Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(2): 20, pl. 9, fig. 1.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 186.
(misidentified reference to Unio parvus Barnes, 1823)
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Unio ziczac Hanley, 1843
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843, Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 183.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 213.
(error for Unio zigzag Lea, 1829)
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Unio hanleyanus Conrad, 1853
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 250.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 249.
B.H. Wright, 1888, Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [3].
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 759.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 780.
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 42, sp. 175.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 256.
Burch, 1975, Freshw. Unio. North Amer.: 13.
Turgeon et al., 1988, Am. Fisher. Soc. Spec. Publ. (16): 32.
Williams et al., 1993, Fisheries 18(9): 13.
Parmalee & Bogan, 1998, The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee: 184.
Lydeard et al., 1999, Gulf Mex. Sci. 17(2): 129.
(error for Unio hanleyianus Lea, 1852)
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Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862
‘Say’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267.
(reference to Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818)
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Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198.
(reference to Unio pumilus Lea, 1838)
Type(s): BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?
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Unio auratus Sowerby, 1866
‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 45, sp. 245.
(reference to Unio auratus Philippi, 1847)
Type(s): FIGURED SPECIMEN BMNH_1968864, (South America).
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Unio vonbuschea Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea MS’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 269 [as ‘Unio Von Buschea’].
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Unio discoideus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 53, sp. 275; errata [changed to ‘U. laevissimus Lea’].
(misidentified reference to Symphynota discoidea Lea, 1834)
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Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 224, figs. 224a-b [changed in errata to ‘nyssensis’].
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Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866
“Say” Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 54, sp. 280.
(reference to Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
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Unio haslehurstianus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 35, sp. 188.
(error for Unio hazlehurstianus Lea, 1858)
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Unio camelopardalis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 233, fig. 233a.
Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 450.
Watters, 2018, Visaya, Suppl. (10): 29.
(error for Unio camelopardilis Lea, 1860)
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Unio regularis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 34, sp. 181.
(misidentified reference to Unio regularis Lea, 1841)
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Unio subrotundus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 201.
(misidentified reference to Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831)
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Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 231.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1965148, Camboja.
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Unio poulsoni Sowerby, 1866
‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 270.
(reference to Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834)
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Unio valentianus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 225.
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Unio texasianus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 218.
(error for Unio texasiensis Lea, 1857)
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Unio dolosus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 228.
(reference to Unio dolosus Lea, 1860)
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Unio vanuxemensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 216.
(misidentified reference to Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838)
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Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 40, sp. 222.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965195, India.
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Unio gundlachi Sowerby, 1866
‘Dunker’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 46, sp. 248.
(misidentified reference to Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858)
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Unio troostensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 210.
(homonym of Unio troostensis Lea, 1834)
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Unio perovalis Sowerby, 1866
‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 38, sp. 209.
(misidentified reference to Unio perovalis Conrad, 1834)
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Unio hydeanus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 203.
(error for Unio hydianus Lea, 1838)
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Unio swinhoei Sowerby, 1866
‘Reeve’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 42, sp. 232.
‘H. Adams’ Sowerby, 1870, Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 27, sp. 108.
(reference to Unio swinhoei H. Adams, 1866)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1968653, Formosa.
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Unio donaciformis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 39, sp. 214.
(misidentified reference to Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828)
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Unio laoensis Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 47, sp. 256.
Haas, 1910, Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 42): pl. 12, caption.
(error for Unio laosensis Lea, 1863)
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Unio solsiana Sowerby, 1866
‘d’Orbigny’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 268.
(error for Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835)
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Unio argenteus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 37, sp. 204.
(misidentified reference to Unio argenteus Lea, 1841)
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Unio ahaeneus Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 194 [as ‘ahæneus’].
(error for Unio aheneus Lea, 1843)
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Unio succisus Sowerby, 1866
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 33, sp. 174.
(reference to Unio succissus Lea, 1852; error for Unio succissus Lea, 1852)
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Unio ventricosus Sowerby, 1866
‘Barnes’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 43, sp. 235.
(reference to Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823)
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Unio ornatus Sowerby, 1866
‘Conrad’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 31, sp. 162.
(reference to Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835)
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Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866
Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 48, sp. 258.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1968658, Lao Mountains, Camboja.
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Parreysia robsoni Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Sowerby, 1866, Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 198 [as ‘Unio pumilus’].
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 45.
(new name for Unio pumilus Sowerby, 1866)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965150, Loc._ ?
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Taxonomic Opinions
Unio acutissimus Lea, 1831
Unio ahæneus [sic] Lea, 1841
Unio alatus Say, 1817
Unio anaticulus Lea, 1861
Unio arcula (Lea, 1838)
Unio argenteus Lea, 1841
Unio auratus ‘Swainson’ Sowerby, 1866
Unio barnesianus Lea, 1838
Unio batava Lamarck
Unio bialatus (Lea, 1829)
Unio bigbyensis Lea, 1841
Unio blandingianus Lea, 1834
Unio buckleyi Lea, 1841
Unio burroughianus Lea, 1834
Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859
Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831
Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
+ Unio africanus Lea, 1856
Unio cambojensis Sowerby, 1866
Unio camelopardalis [sic] Lea, 1860
Unio capax Green, 1832
Unio coarctatus Lamarck, 1819
Unio collinus Conrad, 1837
Unio complanatus (Barnes, 1823)
Unio confertus Lea, 1834
Unio conradicus Lea, 1834
Unio crassus Say
+ Unio ligamentina Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ellipticus Barnes, 1823
+ Mya gravis Wood, 1828
Unio crispisulcatus Benson, 1862
Unio cumberlandicus Lea, 1838
Unio cumingii Lea, 1852
Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849
Unio delphinus Gruner, 1841
Unio discoidea (Lea, 1834)
+ Unio tenuis Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833
+ Symphynota magnifica Lea, 1834
Unio discrepans Lea, 1860
Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840
Unio dolosus Lea, 1860
Unio donaciformis Lea, 1828
Unio douglasiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
+ Unio murchisonianus Lea, 1834
Unio exiguus Lea, 1840
Unio fabalis Lea, 1831
Unio fibuloides Lea, 1859
Unio foremanianus Lea, 1842
Unio gibber Lea, 1838
Unio glans Lea, 1831
Unio gracilis (Barnes, 1823)
Unio gravidus Lea, 1856
Unio greenii Conrad, 1834
Unio gundlachi Dunker, 1858
+ Unio persulcatus Lea, 1859
Unio hainesianus Lea, 1856
Unio hanleyanus [sic] Lea, 1852
Unio haslehurstianus [sic] Lea, 1858
Unio hembeli Conrad, 1838
Unio heterodon Lea, 1829
Unio hildrethianus Lea, 1834
Unio housei Lea, 1856
Unio hydeanus [sic] Lea, 1838
Unio indicus Sowerby, 1866
Unio inflatus (Lea, 1831)
Unio infucatus Conrad, 1834
Unio involuta Benson in Hanley, 1856
Unio laevissimus (Lea, 1829)
Unio lamellatus Lea, 1838
Unio lanceolatus Lea, 1828
Unio laoensis ‘Lea MS’
Unio lecontianus Lea, 1838
Unio lens Lea, 1831
Unio leptodon Rafinesque, 1820
Unio lienosus Conrad, 1834
Unio lindsleyi Lea, 1860
Unio marginatus Lea
+ Unio varicosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rugulosus Wood, 1828
Unio medellinus Lea, 1838
Unio micans Lea, 1857
Unio muhlfeldianus Lea, 1838
Unio myersianus Lea, 1856
Unio negatus Lea, 1861
Unio nicklinianus Lea, 1834
Unio novi-eboraci Lea, 1838
Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
Unio obesus Lea, 1831
Unio olivarius Lea, 1831
Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828
+ Unio abruptus Say, 1831
+ Unio crassus Conrad, 1836
Unio ornatus Conrad, 1835
Unio ovatus Say, 1817
Unio paraguayana (d’Orbigny, 1835)
Unio paranensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio solisiana d’Orbigny, 1835
Unio parvus Barnes, 1823
Unio pellucidus Lea, 1845
Unio percoarctatus Lea, MS
Unio perovalis Conrad, 1834
Unio plicatus Say [sic]
Unio plicatus Say
+ Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio rariplicata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823
+ Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831
Unio politus Say, 1834
Unio postellii Lea, 1858
Unio poulsoni Conrad, 1834
+ Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio ater Lea, 1829
+ Unio lugubris Say, 1832
Unio pumilus Lea, 1838
Unio regularis Lea, 1841
Unio schwerzenbachi Rossmassler
Unio scobina ‘Benson’ Hanley, 1856
+ Unio fluctiger Lea, 1859
Unio semiquadrata Sowerby, 1866
Unio shuttleworthi Lea, 1856
Unio soleniformis Lea, 1831
Unio spinosus Lea, 1836
Unio splendidus Lea, 1838
Unio stramineus Conrad, 1834
Unio stuarti Adams & Angas, 1863
Unio subovatus Lea, 1831
Unio subplanum Conrad, 1837
Unio subrotundus Lea, 1831
Unio succisus [sic] Lea, 1852
Unio swinhoei ‘Reeve’ Sowerby, 1866
Unio tenuissimus (Lea, 1829)
+ Anodon purpurascens Swainson, 1823
+ Unio velum Say, 1829
Unio texasianus [sic] Lea, 1857
Unio tortivus Lea, 1840
Unio troostensis Lea, 1834
+ Unio trabalis Conrad, 1834
Unio umbrans Lea, 1857
Unio umbrosus Lea, 1856
Unio valentinus Sowerby, 1866
Unio vanuxemensis Lea, 1838
Unio ventricosus Barnes, 1823
Unio viridis Conrad, 1835
+ Unio tappanianus Lea, 1838
Unio vonbuschea ‘Lea MS’
Unio zeiglerianus Lea, 1838
Unio zic-zac [sic] Lea, 1829
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