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Publication Lister (1685): summary

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Lister, M. 1685. Historiæ Sive Synopsis Methodicæ Conchyliorum.... Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta anatina

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 30, 1, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 154, fig. 9. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 706, no. 219.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1158, sp. 258.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE LS_258, eaux douces d’Europe.

Unio angusta Lamarck, 1819 = unionoid species

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 147, fig. 3 ?. [pre-linnaean]
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 80, sp. 42.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MPL_0032, Habite..... Mus. n°.

Mytilus angustior Lister, 1685 = Unio tumidus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: ??. [pre-linnaean]

Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 54, no. 21.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMUC_BIV-315 (by Falkner, 1994: __), Berlingen near Unterseen, Switzerland.

Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 160, fig. 16 ?.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 82, sp. 1, var. [b]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819)

There are 25 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 154, fig. 9?. [pre-linnaean]
Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 172.
(renamed Anodonta avonica Bourguignat, 1881)

Unio cariosus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis cariosa

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152. fig. 7. [pre-linnaean]
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 3, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE MCZ_178839 (by R.I. Johnson, 1947: 148), Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.

Unio conus Spengler, 1793 = Unio tumidus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 60, no. 26.

Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 3, var. a. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819)

Unio crassus Say, 1817 = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
specimen image from publication Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8.
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49.
(homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 29, pl. 1, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 193, fig. 8. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 9, fig. 26. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 706, sp. 218.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1158, sp. 257.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE LS_257, Europe, a l’embouchure des fleuves.

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.
(homonym of Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771)

Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767 = Arctica islandica

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
specimen image from publication Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271.

Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: [app.] 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 671, sp. 20.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1112, sp. 29.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE LS_29, “Habitat in totius orbis arctici cataractis.”.

Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 10, fig. 47. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2.
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
specimen image from publication Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio nasutus Say, 1817 = Sagittunio nasutus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 151, fig. 6.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 1.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 1.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): USNM_85978, Bristol, Pa.

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.

Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791 = Unio crassus

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: pl. 2, fig. 30; [app.] pl. 1, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1; pl. 147, figs. 2-3. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs. 2-5; pl. 4, fig. 6.
specimen image from publication Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3218, sp. 3.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819 = Potamilus purpuratus

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 155, fig. 10 [?]. [pre-linnaean]
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 6.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] MHNG_UNKNOWN (by R.I. Johnson, 1953: 92), Habite... Je la crois des grandes rivières de l’ Afrique.

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis cariosa

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152, fig. 7.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9, var. b. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)

Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774 = Anodonta anatina

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 155, fig. 10. [pre-linnaean]
Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 209, sp. 395.

Cyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium rivicola

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 159, fig. 14.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 5a-c.
‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 558.

Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 3 [sic]. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
specimen image from publication Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 70, sp. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_XXX, the Rhine, the Loire and other rivers of continental Europe.

Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280.

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