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Publication Linnaeus (1758): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationLinnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, locis 1 (10th ed.): 823, emendanda. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesArca granosa Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 694. | |
Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 681. | |
Cardium rusticum Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 681. | |
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 670. | |
Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
 Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: [app.] 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 671, sp. 20.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1112, sp. 29.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE LS_29, “Habitat in totius orbis arctici cataractis.”. | |
Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758
 Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: [app.] pl. 1, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 671, sp. 19.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1112, sp. 28.
Type(s): SYNTYPES LS_28, “Habitat in Europae fluviis.”. | |
Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
 Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 30, 1, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 154, fig. 9. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 706, no. 219.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1158, sp. 258.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE LS_258, eaux douces d’Europe. | |
Mytilus bilocularis Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: ??. | |
Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758
 Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 29, pl. 1, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 193, fig. 8. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 9, fig. 26. [pre-linnaean]
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 706, sp. 218.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1158, sp. 257.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE LS_257, Europe, a l’embouchure des fleuves. | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 705. | |
Solen legumen Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: ??. | |
Tellina balthica Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 677. | |
Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 678.
(renamed Cornea communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) | |
Tellina fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: ??. | |
Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: ??. | |
Teredo navalis Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 651. | |
Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 686. | |
Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 686. | |
Venus pensylvanica Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: ??. | |
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