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Publication Zittel (1881): summary

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Full Citation

Zittel, K.v. 1881. Palæozoologie II. Band. Mollusca und Arthropoda. Handbuch der Palaeontologie 1. 893 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aetheria Oken, 1818

Oken, 1818. Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827. unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)
Type species: Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria elliptica

Barbalia Zittel, 1881

‘Humphrey’ Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 59.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Muelleria Menke, 1828

‘Férussac’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 98 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 61 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 533.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
(error for Mulleria Férussac, 1824)
Type species: Mulleria rivoli Deshayes, 1827 = Mulleria rivoli

Attributed Nominal Species

Dreissena (Congeria) conglobata Zittel, 1881 = Congeria subglobosa

Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 43, fig. 56.
(error for Congeria subglobosa Partsch, 1835)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta antiqua d’Orb.

Anodonta arenacea Fraas

Anodonta gardanensis Math.

Anodonta lavateri Mstr.

Anodonta lettica Quenst.

Dreissena brardi Faujas = Dreissena rostriformis

Dreissena rhomboidea Hoernes = Congeria rhomboidea

Dreissena subglobosa Partsch sp. = Congeria subglobosa

Dreissena (Dreissenomya) schröckingeri Fuchs = Dreissenomya schroeckingeri

Spatha galloprovincialis Math. = Dentaspatharia galloprovincialis

Unio batavus Nilss. = Unio crassus

Unio cretaceus Zitt.

Unio danae M. u. H. = Fusconaia danai

Unio eseri Krauss

Unio flabellatus Goldf. = Pseudunio flabellata

Unio menkei Dunk.

Unio michaudi Desh. = Propotomida michaudi

Unio pictorum L.

Unio porrectus Sow.

Unio priscus M. u. H. = Plesielliptio priscus

Unio stachei Neumayr

Unio toulouzani Math.

Unio truncatosus Mich.

Unio valdensis Mant. = Margaritifera valdensis

Unio wetzleri Dunk.

Uniona leukarti Pohlig

Uniona maritima Pohlig
 
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