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Publication Linnaeus (1767): summary
publication summary Complete CitationLinnaeus, C. 1767. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, locis 1(2) (12th ed.): 533-1327, appendices. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraMactra Linnaeus, 1767
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): ??. Mya Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 670, gen. 269.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1112.
Röding, 1798. unknown publication: 156. Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 704, gen. 280.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1155. Attributed Nominal SpeciesMya 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 pictorum Linnaeus, 1758
 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.”. | |
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 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. | |
Solen virens Linnaeus, 1767
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): ??. | |
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. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsMya margaritifera = Margaritifera margaritifera Mya pictorum = Unio pictorum Mytilus anatinus = Anodonta anatina Mytilus cygneus = Anodonta cygnea
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