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Publication Küster (1855): summary

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Küster, H.C. 1855. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 121-136, pls. 33-40. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio capigliolo Küster, 1855 = Unio crassus

‘Payraudeau’ of Authors.
specimen image from publication Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 125, pl. 34, figs. 5-6. [in part]
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 75, sp. 392.
(misidentified reference to Unio capigliolo Payraudeau, 1826)

Unio gangraenosus Küster, 1855 = Unio crassus

‘Ziegler’ of Authors.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 124.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 81.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 130.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 46.
(error for Unio gangrenosus J.F. Schmidt, 1840)

Unio heros Küster, 1855 = Amblema plicata

specimen image from publication ‘Say’ Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 136, pl. 40, figs. 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Unio heros Say, 1829)

Unio lessoni Küster, 1855 = Hyridella australis

‘Lamarck’ Lesson, 1830. Voy. Coquille 2(1): 427, pl. 15, figs. 5-5a.
specimen image from publication Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 135, pl. 36, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85723, N Holland [Nepean River, New South Wales, Australia].

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828 = Potomida littoralis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
specimen image from publication Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio auratus Sowerby = Diplodon chilensis

Unio batavus Lamarck = Unio nanus
+ Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio labacensis Rossmässler, 1835

Unio batavus Lamarck = Unio crassus

Unio capigliolo Payraudeau = Unio mancus
+ Unio bandinii Rossmässler, 1837
+ Unio turtoni Rossmässler, 1844

Unio gangraenosus [sic] Ziegler = Unio crassus

Unio heros Say = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio undulatus Say, 1831
+ Unio multiplicatus Lea, 1831

Unio lessoni Küster = Hyridella australis
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830

Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio littoralis Rossmässler, 1837
+ Unio littoralis var. minor Rossmässler, 1842
+ Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844
+ Unio pianensis Boubée, 1833
+ Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831

Unio margaritifer Linné = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio sinuata C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio elongata Michaud, 1831
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823

Unio margaritifer Linné = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio margaritifer Linné = Unio crassus

Unio multidentatus Parreiss = Parreysia corrugata

Unio requienii Michaud = Unio mancus
+ Unio requieni Rossmässler, 1844

Unio requienii Michaud = Unio crassus

Unio sinuatus Lamarck = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio sinuatus Rossmässler, 1836

Unio sinuatus Lamarck = Potomida littoralis

Unio teretiusculus Philippi = Nitia teretiuscula

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