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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Grimm (1876): summary
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Complete Citation

Grimm, O.A. 1876. Kaspinskoe more i ego fauna. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anadonta Say, 1818
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Say, 1818. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1(11): 459.
Goldfuss, 1820. Handb. Zool. 1: 611.
Ravenel, 1834. Cat. Rec. Shells: 7.
Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 143.
Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022. Mol. Biol. Rep. 49: Figure S5.
(error for Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)

Dreyssena Philippi, 1853
of Authors.
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 364.
Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 143.
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 71.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

Adacna edentula Grimm, 1876
‘Pallas’ Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 142.
‘Pall.’ Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 64, pl. 8, figs. 11-13.

Glycymeris plicata Grimm, 1876
Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 66, pl. 8, fig. 14.

Taxonomic Opinions

Adacna edentula Pall. = Monodacna polymorpha

Adacna laeviuscula Eichw.

Adacna plicata Eichw. = Hypanis plicata

Adacna vitrea Eichw.

Anadonta [sic] ponderosa Pfr. = Anodonta anatina

Cardium caspium Eichw. = Monodacna caspia

Cardium crassum Eichw. = Didacna eichwaldi

Cardium edule var. rusticum

Cardium trigonoides Pall. = Didacna trigonoides

Corbicula fluminalis Mül.

Dreyssena [sic] caspia Eichw. = Dreissena caspia

Dreyssena [sic] polymorpha V. Ben. = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreyssena [sic] rostriformis Desh. = Dreissena rostriformis

 
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