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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Turton (1807): summary
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Complete Citation

Turton, W. 1807. British Fauna, containing a compendium of the zoology of the British Islands: arranged according to the Linnean System. 1. 230 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Cardium amnicum Don. = Pisidium amnicum

Cardium corneum Donovan = Sphaerium corneum

Cardium lacustre Chem. = Sphaerium lacustre

Mya margaritifera Donovan = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778

Mya ovalis Donovan = Unio pictorum
+ Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788

Mya ovalis Donovan = Unio tumidus

Mya pictorum Donovan = Unio pictorum

Mytilus anatinus Donovan = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus avoensis [sic] Montague = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus cygneus Donovan = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus edulis Donovan

Mytilus stagnalis Sowerby = Anodonta cygnea