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Publication Clessin (1877): summary

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Full Citation

Clessin, S. 1877. Die Familie der Cycladeen. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9(3): 41-160.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Gelvina Clessin, 1877

‘Gray’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 101.
(error for Geloina Gray, 1842)
Type species: Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806 = Geloina erosa

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium acuminatum Martens, 1874 = sphaeriid species

Clessin in Martens, 1874. unknown publication: 37, pl. 3, fig. 32.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 44, pl. 5, figs. 4-6.

Cyrena alabamensis Clessin, 1877 = Polymesoda caroliniana

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 114, pl. 18, figs. 3-4.

Corbicula alba Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula fluminalis

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 157, pl. 27, fig. 27-28.

Cyrena carolinensis Hanley, 1843 = Polymesoda caroliniana

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 93.
Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 78.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 108.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 19.
(error for Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801; error for Cyrena caroliniensis Lamarck, 1818)

Pisidium cedrorum Clessin, 1877 = Euglesa casertana

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 42, pl. 4, figs. 22-23.

There are 22 available nominal species attributed to this publication (38 total).

Pisidium colbeaui Clessin, 1877 = sphaeriid species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 48, pl. 5, figs. 21-23.

Corbicula crassa Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 133, pl. 24, figs. 5-6.

Cyrena cypriniformis Prime, 1870 = Batissa species

Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 143.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 127.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 26.
(error for Cyrena cyprinaeformis Prime, 1861)

Pisidium demissum Clessin, 1874 =

Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149. [nomen nudum]
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 71, pl, 8, figs. 19-21.

Sphaerium dickinii Clessin, 1877 =

Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 490, fig. 317.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 96, pl. 12, figs. 18-20.

Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1877 = Pisidium dorbignyi

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 62.
(new name for Cyclas pulchella d’Orbigny, 1835)

Sphaerium dupplicatum Clessin, 1877 =

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 86, pl. 11, figs. 4-6.

Cyrena fontaneii Clessin, 1877 = Polymesoda fontainei

‘d’Orbigny’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 113.
(error for Cyrena fontainei d’Orbigny, 1846)

Pisidium foreli Clessin, 1874 = Euglesa nitida

Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149. [nomen nudum]
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 68, pl. 8, figs. 1-3.

Sphaerium fragile Clessin, 1877 =

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 95, pl. 11, figs. 18-26.

Corbicula heuglini Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula fluminalis

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 139, pl. 25, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula indica Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 143, pl. 25, figs. 21-23.

Corbicula maltzaniana Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 132, pl. 24, figs. 3-4.

Corbicula meridionalis Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula fluminalis

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 142, pl. 25, figs. 15-17.

Pisidium mirabile Clessin, 1877 = Euglesa variabilis

‘Whittemore’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 49, pl. 6, figs. 1-3.

Corbicula natalensis Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula africana

‘Krauss’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 155, pl. 27, figs. 19-21.

Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876 = Sphaerium nitidum

Clessin in Westerlund, 1876. Nach. Deuts. Mal. Ges. 8(8-9): 102.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 98, pl. 12, figs. 9-11.

Pisidium obliquatum Martens, 1874 = Euglesa casertana

Clessin in Martens, 1874. unknown publication: 36, pl. 3, fig. 31.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 43, pl. 5, figs. 1-3.

Sphaerium oblongum Clessin, 1877 =

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 83, pl. 9, figs. 25-27.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 484.

Pisidium obtusatum Clessin, 1877 = sphaeriid species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 41, pl. 4, figs. 19-21.

Pisidium ovatum Clessin, 1877 =

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 72, pl. 8, figs. 22-24.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 517, fig. 334.

Pisidium pileus Clessin, 1873 =

Clessin, 1873. Corrspbl. d. zool.-mineral. Ver. Regensburg: 160.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 47, pl. 5, figs. 18-20.

Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula australis

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 139, pl. 25, figs. 3-4.

Corbicula rostrata Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 142, pl. 25, figs. 5-6.

Cyrena rugulosa Clessin, 1877 = Geloina species

‘Mousson’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 106, pl. 15, figs. 1-2.

Sphaerium sandbergeri Clessin, 1877 =

Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 483, fig. 311.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 89, pl. 12, fig. 13-15.

Corbicula senegalensis Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula fluminalis

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 141, pl. 25, figs. 9-10.

Pisidium sphaeriiforme Martens, 1874 = sphaeriid species

Clessin in Martens, 1874. unknown publication: 37, pl. 3, fig. 33.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 45, pl. 5, figs. 7-9.

Pisidium tumidum Clessin, 1877 = sphaeriid species

‘Colbeau’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 47, pl. 5, figs. 13-15.

Pisidium turanicum Martens, 1874 = Euglesa subtruncata

Clessin in Martens, 1874. unknown publication: 38, pl. 3, fig. 34.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 46, pl. 5, figs. 10-12.

Cyrena bengalensis var. umbonata Clessin, 1877 = Geloina bengalensis

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 108, pl. 13, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818)

Corbicula viridis Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 131, pl. 24, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula viridula Clessin, 1877 = Corbicula species

Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 143, pl. 25, figs. 18-19.

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