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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta cygnea

nominal species Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803

Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 154, fig. 9?. [pre-linnaean]
Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 172.
(renamed Anodonta avonica Bourguignat, 1881)

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Vinarski & Kantor, 2016

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969

= Anodonta anatina avonensis Montagu, 1803 — Modell, 1945

= Anodonta avonensis Montagu, 1803 — Germain, 1931

+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914

+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900

+ Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. avonica) avonica Montagu — Locard, 1893

+ Anodonta (Avoniana) avonica Bourguignat — Locard, 1890

+ Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. Avonica) avonica Bourguignat — Locard, 1882

+ Anodonta (Avoniana) avonicaBourguignat, 1881

+ Anodon cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Sowerby, 1870

+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

= Anodonta avonensis Mtg — Colbeau, 1868

= Anodonta avonensis Moq. — de Joannis, 1859

= Anodonta avonensis (Mont.) — Moquin-Tandon, 1855

+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

+ Anodontes europaeaLeach, 1852

= Anodonta cygnea d. avonensisLeach, 1847

= Anodon cygneus var. avonensis Montagu — Brown, 1844

+ Margarita (Anodonta) cygneus Drap. Lam. Crouch. Blain. Pfeif. Turt. Des Moul. Flem. Grat. Bouil. — Lea, 1838

+ Margarita (Anodonta) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Lea, 1836

= Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803 — Wood, 1825

= Mytilus avoensis [sic] Montague — Turton, 1807

+ Mytilus anatinusMaton & Rackett, 1807

= Mytilus avonensisMontagu, 1803

 
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