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Publication Brown (1845): summary

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Brown, T. 1845. Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of All the Species. 144 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta anatina Brown, 1845 = Anodonta cygnea

Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 101, pl. 13.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. arcuata Brown, 1844 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 3.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823)

Anodonta browni Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 101, pl. 13 [as ‘A. anatina’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 222.

Anodonta cellensis Brown, 1845 = Anodonta cygnea

Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 12, fig. 1. [in part]
(reference to Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)

Anodon cygneus var. contorta Brown, 1844 = Anodonta cygnea

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 30, figs. 7-8.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 106, pl. 18, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio deshaysii Brown, 1844 = Unio pictorum

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 32, figs. 1-4.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 108, pl. 20, 3-4.
(error for Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831)

Anodonta gallica Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: pl. 4, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
Chenu, 1845. Biblio. Conch. 1: 270, pl. 26, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 12, fig. 1 [as ‘A. cellensis’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 123.

Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea Brown, 1844 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta ponderosa Brown, 1845 = Anodonta anatina

Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 15, fig. 1. [in part]
(reference to Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825)

Anodonta racketti Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: pl. 3, fig. 3 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’]. [in part]
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 15, fig. 1 [as ‘A. ponderosa var.’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 291.
 
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