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Myrtea Turton. contin. 



Synon. Venus (sp.) Mont. 

 Lucina (sp.) Basterot. Phil. 

 Tellina (sp.) Riss. Bronn. 



iriysca TuRTON 1822. Brit. Biv. p. 244. * teste Fleming. 

 Etym. /iwGxog =z invtgxog vel fivtoxa, mytilus. 

 Ab Unionibus segregatum genus. Typus: Unio pie- 



torum Linn. 

 SwAiNS. 1840. Malac. p. 276. 378. — genus Unio- 



ninarum. Subgenera: Mysca, Potamida. 

 Confer. Desh. Enc. meth. III. p. 593. Rossm. Icon. 

 L p. 117. Sow. jun. Conch. Man. ed. 2a p. 197. 

 = Unio Schum. 



miysia Leach 



Etym. Mvaia, nom. propr. 



Novum genus ex typo Tellinae rotundatae Mont. 



Menke 1830. Syn. ed. 2a p. 112. — ad Loripedes 



injungit. 



Pariter Desh. 1830. Enc. meth. III. p. 593. 

 Brow^n 1833. Conch. Text-book. (ed. VL p. 150.) — 



genus Nymphaceorum. 

 Bronn 1838. Leth. p. 963. — Diplodontis inserit. 

 CoNRAD 1838. Foss. tert. form. p. 30. 

 Gray 1840. Syn. Brit. Mus. * 

 Synon. Tellina (sp.) Mont. 



Lucina (sp.) Turton. 



Psammobia (sp.) Turt. Flem. 



Egeria (sp.) Lea. 

 ?=r Diplodonta Bronn. 



lHytilacea Cuvier 1817. R. a. * et 1830. Ib. ed. 2a (ed. 



Voigf. III. p. 483.) 

 Etym. Mytilus. 

 Secunda familia Acephalorum testaceorum. Genera: 



Mytilus, Anodonta, Unio, Cardita, Venericardia, 



Crassatella. (et in ed. 2a: Cypricardia, Corallio- 



phaga.) 



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