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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.

Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791 = corbiculid fossil

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 174, pl. 4, figs. 123.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1784. Conch. Cab. 7: pl. 39, figs. 412-414.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3285.

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.

Anodontes europaea Leach, 1852 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 29, pl. 1, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 326 [as ‘europæa’].

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.
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 pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: [app.] pl. 1, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 671, sp. 19.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1112, sp. 28.
Type(s): SYNTYPES LS_28, “Habitat in Europae fluviis.”.

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.
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)