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Publication Martini & Chemnitz (1782): summary

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Martini, F.H.W. & J.H. Chemnitz. 1782. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet geordnet und beschrieben von Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini und unter dessen Aufsicht nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet 6. 375 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 = Unio crassus

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2, 4-5.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 3.
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 37.

Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782 = Geloina erosa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 333, pl. 32, fig. 336. [non-binomial]

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791 = Geloina erosa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 214, sp. 398.
Müller, 1779. Besch. Ges. Nat. Ber. 4: 56, pl. 3b, figs. 7-8.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 31, pl. 3, figs. 22a-b.

Mya corrugata maroccana Martini & Chemnitz, 1782 = Unio pictorum

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 32, pl. 3, figs. 23-24. [non-binomial]

There are 18 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Venus fluminalis euphratis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782 = Corbicula fluminea

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 319, pl. 30, fig. 320. [non-binomial]

Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774 = Corbicula fluminea

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 321, pl. 30, figs. 322-323.
(renamed Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806)

Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula fluminea

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 320, pl. 30, figs. 320-321.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 2a-c.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].

Mya gaditana Schreibers, 1793 = Parreysia corrugata

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 3, fig. 22.
Schreibers, 1793. Versuch Conch. Linnes: 6, sp. 14.

Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767 = Arctica islandica

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

Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 = Iphigenia laevigata

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 253, pl. 25, fig. 249.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3265.

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 publicationMartini & 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)

Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818 = Pisidium amnicum

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 138, pl. 13, fig. 134.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 559.

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 publicationMartini & 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 pictorum tenuis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782 = Lampsilis radiata

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7. [pre-linnaean]

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis radiata

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7 [as ‘Mya pictorum tenuis’].
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9. [in part]

Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 326, pl. 31, figs. 327-329. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

 
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