THE NAUTILUS 125(3):171-172, 2011 Page 171 Research Note Clarification ofthe authorship and date of L. grayii with zigzag tubercles and ridges along the dor- publication ofthree Asian species of sal-slope from L. grayana with only tubercles and no dorsal ridges. Unionidae (Bivalvia) If these taxa are treated as separate species there is no difficulty. However, if Unio grayii is assumed to be Recently, Petit and Coan (2008) reviewed the molluscan synonymous with Unio grayanus as used by Simpson taxamade availablein Griffith andPidgeon (1833-1834), (1900, 1914) and Liu (1979), then with the revised the English translation of Cuvier’s Le Regne Animal date of publication for Unio grayii Lanceolaria grayii (1830). They determined that plate 21, containing the (Grayin Griffith and Pidgeon, 1833),becomes the senior figures of Unio leai (fig. 1), Unio douglasiae (fig. 2), and synonym of Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) based on Unio grayii (fig. 3), was dated 1833 and that the three date priority. This case does not meet both conditions of species take their date ofpublication from this date and Article 23.9.1 of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature not the date of the volume [1834], Petit and Coan (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, reported the correct authorship of the first two species 1999) to preserve prevailing usage of Unio grayanus asbeingGrayin Griffith and Pidgeon, 1833. Haas (1969) Lea, 1834 as the accepted name because Unio grayii listed Unio leai as Lamprotula leai (Gray in Griffith, has been used in the years after 1899 (see Dang 1834) and used Unio douglasiae Griffith and Pidgeon, et ah, 1980). 1834. Correction of authorship and date of publication Richard Petit and Eugene Coan are thanked for their for these two species does not have any effect on their time and efforts to help clarify the author and date for synonymies. Unio grayii. Jeffrey T. Garner and Robert Butler are Unio graijii was the third species illustrated on plate thanked for their clear and careful reviews. 21, figure 3. This taxon was listed in the index of the Griffith and Pidgeon volume, attributed to Lea, but no geographic location was given. Given that this taxon was LITERATURE CITED attributed to Lea, Petit and Coan (2008) did not discuss it. However, Leadid not describe ataxon Uniograijii but Conrad,T.A. 1853.Asynopsisofthefamilyof NaiadesofNorth did describe Unio grayanus Lea, 1834 (see Scudder, America,withnotes,andatableofsomeofthegeneraand 1885). In discussions with Petit and Coan, they con- sub-genera ofthe family, according to their geographical firmed that the figure caption ofplate 21 ofGriffith and distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera. Proceedings ofthe AcademyofNatural Sciences of Phila- Pidgeon indicates that Unio graijii was in fact described delphia6(7): 243-269. by Grayin Griffith and Pidgeon in 1833, and not by Lea Cuvier, Baron [G.J.L.N.C.F.D.], 1829-1830, Le regne animal as erroneouslylisted in the index. distribue d’apres son organisation, pour servir de base The history of the use of Unio graijii is examined. a l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduetion a Conrad (1853) erected Lanceolaria as a subgenus of l’anatomieeomparee. Nouvelleedition,revueetaugmentee. Unio and used Unio grayanus Lea, 1834 as the type Paris,Deterville.5volumes [v. Lxxxviii+584pp., 1829;v.2: species. Simpson (1900, 1914) treated Lanceolaria as a xv+406pp., 1829;v.3:xvi+504pp.,20pis., 1830;v.4:xxvii section ofNodularia Conrad, 1853. He listed Nodularia + 584 pp., by P. A. Latreille, 1829; v. 5:xxiv + 556 pp., Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) and included “Unio byP. A. Latreille, 1829]. g(rayii Griffit)h, Grif. Cuv., 1834” as a junior synonym. Dangv,atN.kTh.o,nTg.Bx.u’Toh’angi,soanngdnVu.dMe.nPghoatmB.ac19V8i0e.tDNianmh.lNohaiadXorunigt Haas (1969) recognized Unio grayana Lea, 1834 and ban Khoahocva Kythuat, HaNoi.Viet Nam, 573pp. placed it in Lanceolaria as a genus separated from Griffith, E. and E. Pidgeon, [1833]—1834, The Mollusca and Nodularia, but failed to include any mention of Unio Radiata. Vol. 12, in: E. Griffith, ecf, [1824]—1835, The graijii. Liu (1979) reported Lanceolaria grayana from animal kingdom arranged in conformitywith its organiza- China and included Unio graijii as a junior synonym. tion, by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of Dang et al. (1980) recognized Lanceolaria grayi [sic] France, &c. &c. &c.with supplementaryadditionstoeach (Griffith and Pidgeon, 1834) as a species separated from order, by Edward Griffith, F.L.S., A.S., corresponding Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834) from north Viet Nam. member ofthe Academy ofNatural Sciences of Philadel- The correct authorship and date of publication for phia, &e. and others. London, Whittaker and Co. viii + Unio graijii is Gray in Griffith and Pidgeon, 1833. The Haas,60F1. p1p9.6,9.61Suppise.rfamilia Unionacea. Das Tierreich (Berlin) GUrnaiyo.gArapyriielifimgiunraeryissebaarscehdboynJaonsaptehcainmAebnletstu,ppMloileldubsky Inter8n8a.ti6o6na3lpCpo.m[miinsGseiromnaonn]Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). Collections, The Natural History Museum, London, did 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. not produce the type specimen of Unio grayii. Dang Fourth edition. 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