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Publication Clessin (1873): summary

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Clessin, S. 1873. Genus Anodonta Cuv. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(1): 65-287. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Craspedodonta Küster, 1842

Küster, 1842. Conch. Cab. Anodonta 9: pl. 27.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 93.
Type species: Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839 = Cristaria plicata

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta anatina Brot, 1867 = Anodonta anatina

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): pl. 5, fig. 2.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): pl. 14, figs. 3-4.
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta anserina Clessin, 1873 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Spix’ Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 80, pl. 20, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodon anserinus Wagner, 1827)

Anodonta bahiensis Clessin, 1873 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Küster’ Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 94, pl. 20, fig. 2.

Anodonta gibba Clessin, 1873 = Anodonta anatina

Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 81, pl. 14, figs. 1-2.
(renamed Anodonta cyrtoptychia Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta heldii Clessin, 1873 = Simpsonella burroughiana

Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 64, pl. 19, fig. 1.

There are 7 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).

Anodonta magnifica Clessin, 1873 = Cristaria plicata

Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 123, pl. 35, fig. 1.

Anodonta oviformis Clessin, 1873 = Anodonta anatina

Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 88, pl. 26, fig. 5.

Anodonta salmonea Clessin, 1873 = Strophitus undulatus

‘Lea’ Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 91, pl. 24, figs. 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838; error for Anodonta salmonia Lea, 1838)

Anodonta shafferiana Lea, 1870 = Strophitus undulatus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 81.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 243, pl. 17, figs. 5-7.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [7].
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 60.
Utterback, 1916. Amer. Midl. Nat. 4(7): 311.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 23.
(error for Anodonta shaefferiana Lea, 1852)

Anodonta sinuosa Clessin, 1873 = Anodontites patagonica

Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 90, pl. 22, figs. 1-2.
(homonym of Anodonta sinuosa Lamarck, 1819; renamed Glabaris bergi Ihering, 1893)

Unio (Anodonta) smaragdina Anton, 1839 = Cristaria plicata

Anton, 1839. Verz. Conchylien: 16, no. 592.
Küster, 1842. Conch. Cab. Anodonta 9: pl. 27, fig. 2.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 93 [as ‘Craspedodonta smaragdina’].

Anodonta subcircularis Clessin, 1873 = Anodonta exulcerata

Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 87, pl. 22, figs. 3-4.

Anodon subcylindracea Sowerby, 1867 = Anodontoides ferussacianus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1867. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 14, sp. 47. [in part]
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 92, pl. 26, figs. 6-7.
(reference to Anodonta subcylindracea Lea, 1838)
 
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