Publication Schumacher (1817): summary

Full Citation

Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. 288 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Antigona Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 51, 154.

Arctica Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 48, 145.

Cristaria Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 38, 107.
Type species: Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Cristaria plicata

Cultellus Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 43, 150.

Ensis Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 143.

There are 15 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (15 total).

Gari Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 44, 131.

Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 155.
Type species: Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 (monotypy) = Iphigenia laevigata

Latona Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 156.

Leda Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: ??.
Type species: Arca rostrata Bruguière, 1789 = Nuculana pernula

Margaritana Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 41, 123.
Type species: Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 135.

Paxyodon Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139.
Type species: Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 (monotypy) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Periploma Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 40, 115.

Prisodon Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139.
Type species: Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 (subsequent designation) = Prisodon obliquus

Semele Schumacher, 1817

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 53, 165.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 124, pl. 10, fig. 4.

Unio granosus Schumacher, 1817 = Potomida littoralis

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 138, pl. 11, fig. 1.
(homonym of Unio granosa Bruguière, 1792)

Cyclas laevigata Schumacher, 1817 = Corbicula fluminalis

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 170, pl. 12, fig. 1.

Antigona lamellaris Schumacher, 1817 = Antigona lamellaris

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 155.

Ensis magnus Schumacher, 1817 = Ensis magnus

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 143, pl. 14, figs. 1a-b.

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon obliquus

Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 139, pl. 11, fig. 2.

Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Schumacher, 1815. Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. Kjobehhaven 1813-1815: 7 [as ‘ponderosum’]. [nomen nudum]
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 46, 139, pl. 11, fig. 3.

Prisodon truncatus Schumacher, 1817 = Castalia ambigua

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 139.

Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria plicata

Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 107, pl. 20, fig. 2.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria tuberculata Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria plicata

Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 = Margaritifera margaritifera + Pseudunio auricularius

+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758

+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791

Paxyodon ponderosus Schumacher, 1817 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Prisodon obliquus (Schumacher, 1817)

Prisodon truncatus (Schumacher, 1817) = Castalia ambigua

Unio granosus Schumacher, 1817 = Potomida littoralis

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788