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Publication Müller (1774): summary

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Full Citation

Müller, O.F. 1774. Testacea. Vermivm Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, Seu Animalium Infusoriorum, Helminthicorum et Testaceorum, non Marinorum, Succincta Historia 2. xxxvi + 214 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 = Pisidium amnicum

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 205.

Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 214, sp. 398.
Müller, 1779. Besch. Ges. Nat. Ber. 4: 56, pl. 3b, figs. 7-8.
specimen image from publication Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 31, pl. 3, figs. 22a-b.

Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774 = Corbicula fluminalis

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 205.

Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774 = Corbicula fluminea

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.
specimen image from publication Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 321, pl. 30, figs. 322-323.
(renamed Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806)

Tellina fluviatilis Müller, 1774 = Corbicula fluminea

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 206.

Tellina lacustris Müller, 1774 = Sphaerium lacustre

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 204.

Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774 = Anodonta anatina

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 155, fig. 10. [pre-linnaean]
Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 209, sp. 395.

Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774 = Sphaerium corneum

Müller, 1774. Verm. Terr. et Fluv. 2: 202.

Taxonomic Opinions

Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum

Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774 = Anodonta anatina

Tellina amnica = Pisidium amnicum

Tellina fluminalis = Corbicula fluminalis

Tellina fluminea = Corbicula fluminea

Tellina fluviatilis = Corbicula fluminea

Tellina lacustris = Sphaerium lacustre

Tellina rivalis = Sphaerium corneum

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