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Publication Mörch (1853): summary

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Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Acephala. Annulata Cirripedia. Echinodermata. Catalogus Conchyliorum Quae Reliquit D. Alphonso D’Aguirra & Gadnea Comes de Yoldi... 2. 74 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodontina Mörch, 1853

‘Schlüter’ of Authors.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 502.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 481.
(homonym of Macquart, 1838 [Dipt.]; new name for Anadontina Schlüter, 1838)
Type species: Anadontina turgida Schlüter, 1838 = Lamellidens marginalis

Baphia Mörch, 1853

Meuschen, 1787. Mus. Gevers: 472 [as ‘Baphiæ’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Meusch. 1787’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
(homonym of Gray, 1847 [Malleidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (orig. desig.) = Margaritifera margaritifera

Chamelea Mörch, 1853

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 23.

Danalis Mörch, 1853

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
(intro'd as syn. of Baphia Mörch, 1853)
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Euphira Mörch, 1853

‘Gistel’ of Authors.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 28.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 506.
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 79.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 137.
(error for Eufira Gistl, 1848)
Type species: Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

There are 5 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (11 total).

Hormomya Mörch, 1853

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: ??.

Legumia Agassiz, 1852

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 45.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 490.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Ligumia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio recta Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta

Niaea Mörch, 1853

‘Sws. 1837’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47 [as ‘Niæa’].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Naia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Rhipidodonta Mörch, 1853

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio paranensis Lea, 1834 (monotypy) = Diplodon paranensis

Triquetra Lea, 1852

Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: 135. [pre-linnaean]
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 17.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 43.
(homonym of Blainville, 1828 [Veneridae])
Type species: Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817 (herein) = Prisodon obliquus

Tritogenia Agassiz, 1852

‘Agassiz’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 52.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 496.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Tritogonia Agassiz, 1852)
Type species: Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Quadrula verrucosa

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio carolinensis Mörch, 1853 = Uniomerus carolinianus

‘Bosc’ of Authors.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46.
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): 33.
(error for Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801)

Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.
(error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)

Anodonta cygnea lingua Mörch, 1863 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Yoldi’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. lingua’]. [nomen nudum]
‘(Yoldi)’ Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 83.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Pleiodon macmurtrei Conrad, 1834 = Pleiodon ovatus

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 443.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 601.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834)

Unio metanever Lea, 1829 = Theliderma metanevra

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 418.
Jay, 1835. Cat. Rec. Shells: 17.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 179.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44.
Lewis, 1871. Amer. J. Conch. 6: 218.
Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 15 [as ‘Margarita (Unio) metanever’].
(reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820)

Anodonta anatina monstrosa Brot, 1867 = Anodonta anatina

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. monstrosa’]. [nomen nudum]
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): [42,] pl. 7, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio (Obovaria) orbicularis Mörch, 1853 = unionoid nearctic-species

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44. [nomen nudum]

Diplodon parallelepipedum Mörch, 1853 = Diplodon parallelopipedon

‘Lea’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47.
(error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834)

Unio (Scalenaria) scalenarius Mörch, 1853 = Pleurobema clava

‘Raf.’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44.
(error for Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio suborbiculatus Conrad, 1836 = Obovaria subrotunda

‘Hildreth’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(4): 35.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46.
(error for Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828)

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