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Publication C.B. Adams (1847): summary

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Adams, C.B. 1847. Catalogue of the genera and species of Recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams, A.M. Catalogue of the Genera and Species of Recent shells in the collection of C.B. Adams, A.M.. 32 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium altile Prime, 1852 = Euglesa compressa

‘Anthony’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 29. [nomen nudum]
‘Anthony’ Prime, 1852. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(3): 353, pl. 11, figs. 10-12.
‘Anthony, in litt.’ Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 65 [as ‘Cyclas altilis’]. [nomen nudum]

Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842 = Sphaerium partumeium

C.B. Adams, 1842. [in] Thompson, History of Vermont (1): ??.
C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 15.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806; renamed Cyclas pellucida Stimpson, 1851)

Unio carynthiacus Lea, 1836 = Unio nanus

‘Zeigler’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
J.F. Schmidt, 1840. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 13: 435.
C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 47.
Schröder, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 229.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 141 [35].
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 264.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 728.
(error for Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836)

Cyclas cornea C.B. Adams, 1847 = Sphaerium striatinum

‘Linn.’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 15.
(misidentified reference to Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758; renamed Cyclas tenuistriata Prime, 1852)

Anodonta decapitata C.B. Adams, 1847 = unionoid species

‘Küst.’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta limpida Clessin, 1874 = Anodonta anatina

‘Parreyss’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14. [nomen nudum]
‘Parreyss’ Brusina, 1866. Moll. Dalm.: 131. [nomen nudum]
Clessin, 1874. Conchyl. Cab.: 126, pl. 40, figs. 1-2.

Unio platyrhyncus C.B. Adams, 1847 = Unio pictorum

‘Rossm.’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14.
(error for Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio retzii C.B. Adams, 1847 = Unio crassus

‘Küst.’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta rossmaslaeri C.B. Adams, 1847 = Anodonta anatina

‘Dupuy’ C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14.
(error for Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta margaritifera Linn. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Alasmodonta sinuata Lk. = Pseudunio auricularius

Anodonta anatina Linn.

Anodonta cellensis Pf. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea Linn.

Anodonta decapitata Küst.

Anodonta exulcerata Villa

Anodonta intermedia Lk. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta limpida Parr. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta ponderosa Dres. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rossmaslaeri [sic] Dup. = Anodonta anatina

Cyclas amnica Turt. = Pisidium amnicum

Cyclas appendiculata Leach = Euglesa henslowana

Cyclas calyculata Drap. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas cornea Linn. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyclas lacustris Müll. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas rivicola Leach = Sphaerium rivicola

Cyclas (Pisidium) acutum Pf. = Euglesa henslowana

Cyclas (Pisidium) australe Pf. = Euglesa casertana

Cyclas (Pisidium) duplicatum Pf.

Cyclas (Pisidium) fontinale Drap. = Euglesa casertana

Cyclas (Pisidium) pulchellum Jen. = Euglesa pulchella

Unio amnicus Zgl. = Unio nanus

Unio batavus Dilw. = Unio crassus

Unio carynthiacus [sic] Zgl. = Unio nanus

Unio decurvatus Rossm. = Unio nanus

Unio gangrenosus Zgl. = Unio crassus

Unio littoralis Lk. = Potomida littoralis

Unio longirostris Zgl. = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum Linn.

Unio pictorum var. rostrata Lk. = Unio pictorum

Unio platyrhyncus [sic] Rossm. = Unio pictorum

Unio requienii Mich. = Unio mancus

Unio retzii Küst. = Unio crassus

Unio tumidus Nilss.

 
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