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Publication Martini & Chemnitz (1782): attributed nominal species
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Complete Citation

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

Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 138, pl. 13, fig. 134.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 559.

Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
Martini & 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].

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

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

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

Mya corrugata maroccana Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 32, pl. 3, figs. 23-24. [non-binomial]

Mya gaditana Schreibers, 1793
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 3, fig. 22.
Schreibers, 1793. Versuch Conch. Linnes: 6, sp. 14.

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.

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.

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

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
Martini & 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]

Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774
Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 321, pl. 30, figs. 322-323.

Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 333, pl. 32, fig. 336. [non-binomial]

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus fluminalis euphratis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 319, pl. 30, fig. 320. [non-binomial]

Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

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

 
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