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Publication Martens (1866): summary

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Full Citation

Martens, E.v. 1866. Uebersicht der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken des Nil-Gebietes. Malakozoologische Blätter 13: 1-21. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arcuata Martens, 1866 = Chambardia rubens

‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
specimen image from publication Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)

Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866 = Chambardia rubens

Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Audouin in Savigny, 1827. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 9.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102 [as ‘cailliaudi’].
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Unio cailliaudi Martens, 1866 = Nitia teretiuscula

‘Fer.’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 13.
(intro'd as syn of Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847)

Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866 = Mutela dubia

‘Parr.’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.
(intro'd as syn of Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823)

Iridina gracilis Martens, 1866 = Mutela rostrata

‘Parreyss in collectionibus’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
(intro'd as syn of Iridina rostrata Rang, 1835)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM BMNH_41-4-28-152, Nile River.

Spatha hartmanni Martens, 1866 = Chambardia wahlbergi

Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.
Type(s): TYPES ZMB_4860, Sennar, Sudan.

Spatha (Mutela) plicata Martens, 1866 = Mutela dubia

‘Parreyss in collect.’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 10.

Unio pumilus Lea, 1852 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Ziegler’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
‘Ziegler’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 13.
(intro'd as syn of Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria cailliaudi (Fer.) = Etheria elliptica
+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825

Anodonta arcuata [sic] Fer. = Chambardia rubens

Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835 = Aspatharia chaiziana

Spatha caillaudi M. = Chambardia rubens
+ Anodonta rubens Cailliaud, 1823

Spatha hartmanni M. = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spatha (Mutela) nilotica Fer. = Mutela dubia
+ Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866

Spatha (Mutela) plicata ‘Parreyss in collect.’ = Mutela dubia

Spatha (Mutela) rostrata (Rang) = Mutela rostrata
+ Iridina gracilis Martens, 1866

Unio aegyptiacus Fer. = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio inflata Cristofori & Jan, 1832

Unio cailliaudii ‘Fer.’ = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847

Unio divaricatus Lea, 1834 = Diplodon delodontus

Unio niloticus Fer. = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848
+ Unio pumilus Lea, 1852

Unio rugifer Küster = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio tricolor Küster = Lamellidens generosus

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