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Publication Kobelt (1879): summary
Full Citation
Kobelt, W. 1879. Fauna japonica extramarina. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 11: 285-. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio biwae Kobelt, 1879 = Nodularia douglasiae
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 425, pl. 23, figs. 2-4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_3650, Biwa-See, Japan.
Unio brandtii Kobelt, 1879 = Inversidens brandtii
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 426, pl. 23, fig. 5.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3440, Japan.
Anodonta calipygos Kobelt, 1879 = Sinanodonta calipygos
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 435, pl. 19, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3678, Japan.
Anodonta cellensis Kobelt, 1879 = Sinanodonta woodiana
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 437, pl. 22, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)
Dipsas plicata var. clessini Kobelt, 1879 = Cristaria clessini
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 429, pl. 15.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
There are 7 available nominal species attributed to this publication (15 total).
Margaritana dahurica Kobelt, 1879 = Margaritifera laevis
‘Middendorff’ Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 427-428, pl. 13, figs. 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Unio (Alasm.) dahuricus Middendorff, 1850)
Anodonta haconensis Ihering, 1893 = Beringiana japonica
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 437, pl. 22, fig. 4 [as ‘A. cellensis’].
Ihering, 1893. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 153, fig. 4.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3683, Hakone-See Japan.
Unio japanensis Kobelt, 1879 = Inversiunio jokohamensis
‘Lea’ Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 423, pl. 12, figs. 1-2.
(misidentified reference to Unio japanensis Lea, 1859)
Dipsas plicata var. japonica Kobelt, 1879 = Cristaria clessini
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 429, pl. 17.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_13165, Sandai, Japan.
Unio jokohamensis Ihering, 1893 = Inversiunio jokohamensis
‘Lea’ Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 423, pl. 12, figs. 1-2 [as ‘Unio japanensis’].
Ihering, 1893. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 158.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3648, Umgeb. v. Yokohama.
Unio nipponensis Kobelt, 1879 = Nodularia douglasiae
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 422, pl. 12, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio nipponensis Martens, 1877)
Corbicula pexata Reinhardt, 1878 = Corbicula leana
Reinhardt, 1878. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 5: 193, pl. 5, fig. 6.
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 440.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula pexata Prime, 1864)
Unio reinianus Kobelt, 1879 = Inversiunio reinianus
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 424, pl. 23, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3645, Biwa-See, Japan.
Anodonta lauta var. rostrata Kobelt, 1879 = Sinanodonta lauta
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 435, pl. 22, fig. 1.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta lauta Martens, 1877)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3673, Japan.
Anodonta woodiana Kobelt, 1879 = Sinanodonta woodiana
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 433, pl. 20, fig. 1.
(reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834)
