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Publication Schumacher (1816): summary

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Full Citation

Schumacher. 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7 [as ‘Margartifera’].
(correct name for Margartifera Schumacher, 1816)
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margartifera Schumacher, 1816

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7.
(incorrect original spelling of Margaritifera Schumacher, 1816)
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Paxyodon Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139.
Type species: Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Prisodon Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139.
Type species: Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 (subsequent designation) = Prisodon obliquus

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 124, pl. 10, fig. 4.

Paxyodon leve Schumacher, 1816 = unionoid species

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon obliquus

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 139, pl. 11, fig. 2.

Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7 [as ‘ponderosum’]. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139, pl. 11, fig. 3.

Prisodon trigonum Schumacher, 1816 = Castalia ambigua

Schumacher, 1816. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1816: 7. [nomen nudum]

Taxonomic Opinions

Margartifera [sic] fluviatilis = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margartifera [sic] margaritifera Retzii = Margaritifera margaritifera

Paxyodon leve

Paxyodon ponderosum = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Prisodon obliquus

Prisodon trigonum = Castalia ambigua

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