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Publication Schumacher (1817): summary

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Full Citation

Schumacher. 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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.

Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817

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

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, 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

Semele Schumacher, 1817

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

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.

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.

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 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
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791

Margaritana fluviatilis Schumacher, 1817 = Pseudunio auricularius

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
 
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