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Publication Lightfoot (1786): summary

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Lightfoot. 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786 = Elliptio complanata

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 100, no. 2190.
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 51.

Venus erosa Lightfoot, 1786 = Geloina erosa

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 186, no. 3961.

Mytilus fucatus Dillwyn, 1817 = Utterbackiana implicata

‘S’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 29, no. 672. [nomen nudum]
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 317.

Mytilus illitus Lightfoot, 1786 = Pyganodon fragilis

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 163, no 3551. [nomen nudum]

Mya obovata Lightfoot, 1786

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 100, no. 2190. [nomen nudum]

Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786 = Unio crassus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983.

Mytilus plicatus Lightfoot, 1786 = Cristaria plicata

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 29, no. 672; 170, no. 3690; 181, no. 3773; 183, no. 3910.

Mya ponderosa Dillwyn, 1817 = Gibbosula crassa

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2183; 143, no. 3170. [nomen nudum]
‘Solander’s MSS.’ Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 51.

Mya rosstrata Lightfoot, 1786

‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983. [nomen nudum]

 
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