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Publication Krynicki (1837): summary
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Complete Citation

Krynicki, I. 1837. Conchylia tam terrestria, quam fluviatilia et e maribus adjacentibus Imperii Rossici indigena. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 10(2): 50-64. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Amphiderma Krynicki, 1837
‘Lamarck’ Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): ??.
(reference to Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818)

Hypanis Ménétries, 1832
Ménétries, 1832. Cat. rais. obj. zool. Caucase: 271.
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 63.
Eichwald, 1838. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 169.
Type species: Glycymeris plicata Eichwald, 1829 = Hypanis plicata

Attributed Nominal Species

Amphidesma caspia Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 62.

Anodonta borysthenica Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 58. [nomen nudum]

Cardium eichwaldi Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 61.

Cyclas cornea var. fossarum Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 59. [nomen nudum]

Cyclas rivicola var. sabulicola Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 59. [nomen nudum]

Mytilus scaber Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 61. [nomen nudum]

Mytilus hagenii oblongus Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 58. [nomen nudum]

Unio stevenianus Drouët, 1881
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 59 [as ‘steveniana’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Krynicki’ Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 14.
‘Krynicki’ Drouët, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 24.
Drouët, 1884. Suppl. Unionidae de Serbie: pls. 1-2.

Unio tumidus var. radiolata Krynicki, 1837
Krynicki, 1837. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 59. [nomen nudum]

Taxonomic Opinions

Amphidesma caspia Mihi. = Adacna vitrea

Anodonta anatina L.

Anodonta borysthenica m.

Anodonta cellensis Pf. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea Lam.

Anodonta intermedia Lm. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta ponderosa Pf. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta ventricosa Pf. = Anodonta cygnea

Cardium crassum Gmelin

Cardium edule L. = Cerastoderma edule

Cardium eichwaldi m. = Didacna eichwaldi
+ Cardium crassum Eichwald, 1829

Cardium rusticum L.

Cardium trigonoides Pall. = Didacna trigonoides

Cyclas cornea Lam. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyclas cornea var. fossarum m. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyclas lacustris Drp. = Sphaerium nucleus

Cyclas rivicola Lm. = Sphaerium rivicola

Cyclas rivicola var. sabulicola m. = Sphaerium rivicola

Cyclas tumida Fer. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyrena fluminalis Mül. = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrena fuscata Lm. = Corbicula fluminea

Hypanis plicata Pand.’ Ménétr. = Adacna vitrea

Mytilus edulis L.

Mytilus lineatus Gm. = Mytilaster lineatus

Mytilus polymorphus Pall. = Dreissena polymorpha
+ Mytilus hagenii Baer, 1826
+ Mytilus hagenii oblongus Krynicki, 1837

Mytilus scaber m. = Mytilaster lineatus

Pisidium fontinale Pf. = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium obliquum Lm. = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium obtusale Pf. = Euglesa ventricosa

Unio atra Nils. = Unio crassus

Unio batava Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio limosus Nilss. = Unio pictorum
+ Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio pictorum Lam.
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819

Unio riparia Pf. = Unio nanus

Unio steveniana m. = Unio crassus
+ Unio batavus Nilsson, 1822

Unio steveniana m. = Unio gontierii

Unio tumidus Nilss.

Unio tumidus var. radiolata = Unio tumidus

 
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