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Publication Clessin (1876): summary

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Clessin. 1876. Genus Anodonta Cuv. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Moncondylaea Clessin, 1876

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 251.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type species: Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta anatina Clessin, 1876 = Anodonta cygnea

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 83, pl. 14, figs. 3-4. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta angustata Clessin, 1876 = Anodontites trapesialis

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 226, pl. 74, figs. 6-7.

Anodonta clessini Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 83, pl. 14, figs. 3-4 [as ‘A. anatina’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 287.

Anodonta mutabilis diminuata Clessin, 1876 = Anodonta cygnea

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 236, pl. 87, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877; renamed Anodonta diminuta Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta exulcerata Clessin, 1876 = Anodonta anatina

‘Villa’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 127, pl. 40, figs. 3-4.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta exulcerata Porro, 1838)

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (14 total).

Anodonta mutabilis fragilissima Clessin, 1876 = Anodonta cygnea

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 237, pl. 87, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877; renamed Anodonta fragillima Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta gibbosa Westerlund, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

‘Villa’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 127, pl. 40, figs. 3-4 [as ‘A. exulcerata’].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 264.
(homonym of Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824)

Anodon glaucus Sowerby, 1870 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Valenciennes’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 27, sp. 105.
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 222, pl. 73, fig. 4.
(reference to Anodonta glauca Valenciennes, 1827)

Anodonta martensii Clessin, 1876 = unionoid species

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 181, pl. 63, fig. 2.

Anodonta mutabilis moerchiana Clessin, 1876 = Anodonta anatina

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 238, pl. 77, figs. 1-2 [as ‘mörchiana’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877)

Anodonta schomburgkiana Clessin, 1876 = Anodontites schomburgiana

‘Reeve’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 235, pl. 77, fig. 4.
(error for Anodon schomburgianus Sowerby, 1870)

Anodonta serpentina Clessin, 1876 = Anodontites patagonica

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 223, pl. 75, figs. 2-3.

Anodonta undulifera Clessin, 1876 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 233, pl. 76, figs. 1-2.

Anodonta viridana Clessin, 1876 = Brachyanodon impura

Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 226, pl. 75, fig. 5.
 
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