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Publication Clessin (1888): summary

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Full Citation

Clessin. 1888. Binnenmollusken aus Südbrasilien. Malakozoologische Blätter, Neue Folge 10: 165-174. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Castalia ambigua Clessin, 1888 = Castalia martensi

‘Lamarck’ Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
(misidentified reference to Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819)

Unio dunkerianus Clessin, 1888 = Diplodon aethiops

‘Lea’ Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 172.
(misidentified reference to Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856)

Anodonta gigantea Martens, 1868 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Spix’ of Authors.
Martens, 1868. Malak. Blatt. 15: 196.
Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
(reference to Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827)

Pisidium globulus Clessin, 1888 = Pisidium globulus

Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 173.

image of type lot

Anodonta iheringi Clessin, 1882 = Anodontites iheringi

Clessin, 1882. Malak. Blatt. 5: 191, pl. 4, fig. 5.
Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MCZ_174094, Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Unio koseritzi Clessin, 1888 = Diplodon koseritzi

Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 172.

Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882 = Anodontites tenebricosa

Clessin, 1882. Malak. Blatt. 5: 190, pl. 4, fig. 7.
Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
(homonym of Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868; renamed Mycetopus clessini Fischer, 1890; renamed Glabaris nehringi Ihering, 1893)

Anodon solenoidea Clessin, 1888 = Anodontites solenidea

‘Reeve’ Clessin, 1888. Malak. Blatt. 10: 171.
(error for Anodon solenidea Sowerby, 1867)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta gigantea Lea, 1838 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta iheringi Clessin, 1882 = Anodontites iheringi

Anodonta solenoidea Reeve = Anodontites solenidea
+ Anodon solenidea Sowerby, 1867

Anodonta tenebricosa Lea, 1834 = Anodontites tenebricosa

Castalia ambigua Lamarck, 1819

Mycetopus plicatus Clessin, 1882 = Anodontites tenebricosa

Unio delodontus Lamarck, 1819 = Diplodon delodontus

Unio dunkerianus Lea, 1856 = Diplodon ellipticus

Unio koseritzi n. sp. = Diplodon koseritzi
 
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