Publication Brown (1844): summary

Full Citation

Brown, T. 1844. Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the Description and Localities of All the Species, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water (2nd edition, “greatly expanded”). 144 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmodon Thompson, 1820

Thompson, 1820. Ann. Phil. 16: 116.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 54.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2.
‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 264, 266, 269-274, 278-279, 290, 382.
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196.
‘Say’ Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 83.
‘Say’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
(error for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. arcuata Brown, 1844 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 3.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823)

Cyclas citrina Brown, 1844 = Sphaerium corneum

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 132, pl. 37, fig. 37.

Anodon cygneus var. contorta Brown, 1844 = Anodonta cygnea

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 30, figs. 7-8.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 106, pl. 18, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio deshaysii Brown, 1844 = Unio pictorum

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 32, figs. 1-4.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 108, pl. 20, 3-4.
(error for Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831)

Mytilus maculatus Brown, 1844 = Anodonta cygnea

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 80.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 285 [as ‘Anodonta maculata’].
(new name for Mytilus macula Sheppard, 1821)

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea Brown, 1844 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio pictorum Brown, 1844 = Unio tumidus

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 31, figs. 8-11.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Dreissena polymorpha Brown, 1844 = Dreissena polymorpha

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 76, pl. 29, figs. 6, 9. [in part]
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena polymorpha Brown, 1844 = Dreissena polymorpha

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 76, pl. 29, figs. 4-5.
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Anodon cygneus var. subrhombea Brown, 1844 = Anodonta anatina

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 80, pl. 30, figs. 3-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodon margaritiferus = Margaritifera margaritifera + Pseudunio auricularius

+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801

+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. arcuata = Margaritifera margaritifera

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. minor = Margaritifera margaritifera

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea = Margaritifera margaritifera

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. roissyi = Margaritifera margaritifera

+ Unio margaritifera Rossmässler, 1835

There are 64 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Anodon cygneus var. avonensis Montagu = Anodonta cygnea + Anodonta anatina

+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807

+ Anodonta anatina Rossmässler, 1837

Anodon cygneus var. cellensis Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea

+ Anodonta cellensis Rossmässler, 1836

+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806

+ Anodon paludosus Turton, 1822

+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819

+ Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791

Anodon cygneus var. cygneus Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea

+ Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1835

+ Musculus latus Fleming, 1828

Dreissena polymorpha Van Beneden

+ Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835

+ Mytilus e fluvio wolga Chemnitz, 1795

+ Mytilus hagenii Baer, 1826

+ Mytilus volgensis Gray, 1825

Unio batava = Unio crassus

+ Unio batavus Nilsson, 1822

+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806

Unio ovalis = Unio tumidus

+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801

+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802

+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822

+ Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836

Unio pictorum Lamarck = Unio pictorum + Unio crassus + Unio mancus + Unio tumidus

+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791

+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806

+ Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821

+ Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1836

+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819

+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803

Unio rostrata Kokeil Museum = Unio pictorum + Unio elongatulus

+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825

+ Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1837

Unio tumidus Retzius

+ Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836

+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822