Publication Fischer & Crosse (1894): summary

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Fischer, P. & H. Crosse. 1894. Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amerique Central, Recherches Zoologiques 2(16): 577-656. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Caliculina Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 651.
(error for Calyculina Clessin, 1872)

Coenonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894

‘Crosse & Fischer’ of Authors.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 596.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 90.
(error for Caenonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)
Type species: Unio aeruginosus Morelet, 1849 = Nephronaias aeruginosa

Eucorbicula Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 624.

Neocyrena Fischer & Crosse, 1894

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 631, 634.
Type species: Cyrena nicaraguana Prime, 1870 (sub. desig. by H.B. Baker, 1930: 60) = Polymesoda solida

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio alienigenus Crosse & Fischer, 1894 = Mesonaias umbrosa

Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 294.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 590, pl. 65, figs. 5-5a; pl. 66, fig. 3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1634 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 207), Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Unio calamitarum var. G arcuans Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Nephronaias calamitarum

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 612, pl. 64, figs. 5-5a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_93-2-4-2009, Baluntie, near Palenque.

Unio computatus Crosse & Fischer, 1894 = Actinonaias sapotalensis

Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 601, pl. 67, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1662 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 132), Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Unio distinctus Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Psoronaias distincta

Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 110.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 579, pl. 69, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1676, Rio Cosamaloapan, Mexique.

Unio explicatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Mesonaias explicata

‘Morelet’ Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 594, pl. 61, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio explicatus Morelet, 1849)

There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (23 total).

Unio pliciferus var. B minor Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Sphenonaias plexus

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 581, pl. 69, fig. 4.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pliciferus Lea, 1838)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1812, Rio Medellin, Mexique.

Unio calamitarum var. D nephretica Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Nephronaias calamitarum

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 612.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio calamitarum Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1907-12-30-377, Baluntie, near Palenque.

Unio opacatus Crosse & Fischer, 1894 = Sphenonaias opacata

Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 592, pl. 66, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1755, Mexique.

Unio pensitatus Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Ctenodesma borneensis

Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 599.
(new name for Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859)

Unio pigerrimus Crosse & Fischer, 1894 = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 293.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 582, pl. 65, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1761 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 316), Mexique.

Unio popeii of Authors = Popenaias berezai

of Authors.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 605 [as ‘Unio (Graphonaias) popei’].
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 504 [as ‘Unio (Nephronaias) popei’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 738 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Pilsbry, 1910. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 61: 535. [in part]
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 271 [as ‘Elliptio’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 700 [as ‘Unio (sec. Elliptio)’]. [in part]
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 38 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 330 [as ‘Elliptio (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 201 [as ‘Nephronaias (Popenaias)’]. [in part]
Graf & Cummings, 2007. J. Moll. Studies 73: 308 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 504 [as ‘Popenaias’]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio popeii Lea, 1857)