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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lister (1685): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationLister, M. 1685. Historiæ Sive Synopsis Methodicæ Conchyliorum.... Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesCyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818 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. | |
Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819 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) | |
Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786 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. | |
Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
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 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.
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) | |
Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean] ‘S.’ Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 134, no. 2983. | |
Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791 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.
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) | |
Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 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 anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
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. | |
Mytilus angustior Lister, 1685 Lister, 1685. Conch.: ??. [pre-linnaean] | |
Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 154, fig. 9?. [pre-linnaean] Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 172. (renamed Anodonta avonica Bourguignat, 1881) | |
Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758
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 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) | |
Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 155, fig. 10. [pre-linnaean] Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 209, sp. 395. | |
Unio angusta Lamarck, 1819
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°. | |
Unio auricularius Spengler, 1793 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. | |
Unio cariosus Say, 1817
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. | |
Unio conus Spengler, 1793 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean] Spengler, 1793. Skr. Naturhist. Selsk. 3: 60, no. 26. | |
Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819 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 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
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) | |
Unio nasutus Say, 1817
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. | |
Unio purpurata Lamarck, 1819 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 155, fig. 10 [?]. [pre-linnaean] Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 6. | |
Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 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.
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 islandica Linnaeus, 1767 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108. Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342. Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271. | |
Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial] Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280. | |
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