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Publication Menke (1830): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Menke, C.T. 1830. Synopsis Methodica Molluscorum Generum Omnium et Specierum Earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus (2nd ed.). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
(new name for Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825; new name for Unio (Alasmodonta) bonellii Férussac, 1827)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM SMF_4458, Isonza Zufluss b. Collalto n. Hospitaleto, Grafschaft Gorz.

Anodonta compressa Menke, 1830
‘Zgl.’ Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta dentiens Menke, 1828
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63. [nomen nudum]
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta obvoluta Menke, 1830
‘Zgl.’ Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Cyclas cornea intumescens Menke, 1830
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 111.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758)

Modiola liturata Menke, 1830
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: ??.

Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828
‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.
(error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)

Unio impressus Menke, 1830
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107. [nomen nudum]

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio rubens Menke, 1830
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 149.
(reference to Unio rubens Menke, 1828)

Unio rubens Menke, 1828
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64, 90.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107, 149.

Unio rugatus Menke, 1828
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64, 90.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107, 149.

 
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