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Publication Rossmässler (1844): summary

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Rossmässler, E.A. 1844. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten 2 (6). 37 pp., pls. 56-60. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio requienii form crassidens Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio pictorum

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 30, pl. 57, figs. 757-760. [infra-subsp.]
(homonym of Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)

Unio destructilis Kobelt, 1915 = Unio elongatulus

‘Villa’ Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 31. [nomen nudum]
Villa in Kobelt, 1915. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 20: 14, pl. 545, fig. 2781.

Unio elongatulus Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio elongatulus

‘Mühlf.’ Rossmässler, 1835. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (2): 23, pl. 9, fig. 132.
Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 27, pl. 56, fig. 751.
(reference to Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825)

image of type lot

Unio litoralis var. elongatus Rossmässler, 1844 = Potomida littoralis

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 27, pl. 56, fig. 752.
(reference to Unio littoralis var. elongata Dupuy, 1843)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_4434A, Vic-de-Bigorre [Vic-en-Bigorre].

Unio hispanus Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio delphinus

‘Moq.-Tand. in litt.’ Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 26, pl. 56, fig. 747.

There are 5 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).

Unio batavus var. pusillus Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio crassus

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): ??.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807; homonym of Unio pusillus Lea, 1840)

Unio requieni Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio crassus

‘Mich.’ Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 29, pl. 57, fig. 757-761.
(misidentified reference to Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)

Unio rivularis Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Unio crassus

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): fig. 414.
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 571.
(homonym of Unio rivularis Conrad, 1853)

Unio sandrii Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio elongatulus

‘Villa’ Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 26, pl. 56, fig. 748-749.

Unio sandrii var. sericatus Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio elongatulus

‘Parreyss’ Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 27, pl. 56, fig. 750.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sandrii Rossmässler, 1844)

Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio tumidus

Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (3): pl. 14, fig. 203.
Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 41, pl. 40, fig. 542.
Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): pl. 60, fig. 773.
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): pl. 28, fig. 20.
Turton, 1857. Man. Land Fresh-Water Shells Brit. Is.: pl. 2, fig. 13.
Forbes & Hanley, 1859. Brit. Moll.: pl. 40, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Unio turtoni Rossmässler, 1844 = Unio mancus

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 25, pl. 35, fig. 492.
(reference to Unio turtonii Payraudeau, 1826)

Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844 = Potomida littoralis

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 27, pl. 56, fig. 754.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 36, pl. 69, fig. 849.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio capigliolo Payr. = Unio mancus
+ Unio bandinii Rossmässler, 1837
+ Unio turtoni Rossmässler, 1844

Unio elongatulus Mhlf.

Unio hispanus Moquin-Tandon = Unio delphinus

Unio litoralis [sic] var. elongatus Dupuy = Potomida littoralis

Unio litoralis [sic] var. umbonatus Rssm. = Potomida littoralis

Unio moquinianus Dupuy = Unio mancus
+ Unio destructilis Kobelt, 1915

Unio moquinianus Dupuy = Unio elongatulus

Unio pictorum
+ Unio ponderosus Rossmässler, 1842
+ Unio graniger J.F. Schmidt, 1840

Unio requienii Mich. = Unio mancus

Unio sandrii Villa = Unio elongatulus

Unio sandrii var. sericatus Parreyss = Unio elongatulus

Unio tumidus Retz. = Unio pictorum
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822
+ Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio michaudiana Des Moulins, 1833
+ Unio limaniae Dupuy, 1852

Unio tumidus Retz.

 
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