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Publication Vest (1866): summary

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Vest, W.v. 1866. Ueber Margaritana Bonellii Fér. (Alasmodonta compressa Mke.). Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des seibenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften (17): 193-201.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmodonta Say, 1819

‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(59-60): 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)
Type species: Unio undulata Say, 1817 = Alasmidonta undulata

Microcondylaea Vest, 1866

Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 198.
Type species: Unio (Alasmodonta) bonellii Férussac, 1827 (sub. desig. by Fischer, 1887: 1002) = Microcondylaea bonellii

Taxonomic Opinions

Microcondylaea bonellii (Fér.)
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Microcondylaea lata (Rafinesque) = Hemistena lata
+ Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
 
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