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Publication Benoit (1875): summary

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Full Citation

Benoit, C.L. 1875. Catalogo delle conchiglie terrestri e fluviatili della Sicilla e della Isole Circostanti. Bollettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana 1: 128-163. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium mininum Benoit, 1875 = Euglesa ventricosa

‘Studer’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 163.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas minima Studer, 1820)

Pisidium nucleum Benoit, 1875 =

Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 1673.

Pisidium ovale Benoit, 1875 =

‘Petit’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 163. [nomen nudum]

Unio pictorum Benoit, 1875 = Unio mancus

‘Lamarck’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 163.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyclas ugiugali Benoit, 1875 =

‘Biv. fl.’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: ??. [nomen nudum]

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud
+ Cyclas ugiugali Benoit, 1875
+ Cyclas lacustris Pfeiffer, 1821

Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud = Sphaerium lacustre

Pisidium casertanum Phil. = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium australe Philippi, 1836
+ Pisidium stabileii Prime, 1870
+ Pisidium planum Prime, 1870
+ Pisidium lenticulare Dupuy, 1852

Pisidium nucleum Benoit

Pisidium obliquum Nilssen = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium obtusale Nilsson
+ Cyclas minima Studer, 1820
+ Pisidium ovale Benoit, 1875
+ Pera gibba Leach, 1852

Pisidium obtusale Nilsson = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium obtusale Nilsson = Euglesa ventricosa

Unio aradae Philippi = Unio mancus

Unio gargottae Philippi = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum Lamarck

 
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