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Publication Montagu (1803): summary

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Full Citation

Montagu, G. 1803. Testacea Britannica, or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, including the most minute: systematically arranged and Embellished with figures (1). 606 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803 = Anodonta cygnea

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 154, fig. 9?. [pre-linnaean]
Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 172.
(renamed Anodonta avonica Bourguignat, 1881)

Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803 = Unio tumidus

Philipsson in Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: 17.
Pultney, 1799. Cat. Birds. Shells. Dorsetshire: 27. [nomen nudum]
Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 34.
(misidentified reference to Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786)

Mysca solida Turton, 1822 = Unio tumidus

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): 36 [as ‘Mya solida’].
Turton, 1822. Conch. Ins. Brit.: 246, pl. 16, fig. 2.

Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 =

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. (1): ??.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cardium amnicum Gmel. = Pisidium amnicum
+ Tellina rivalis Maton, 1797

Cardium corneum Lin. = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774
+ Cardium nux Da Costa, 1778
+ Cardium amnicum Pultney, 1799

Cardium lacustre Gmel. = Sphaerium lacustre

Mya margaritifera Lin. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mya ovalis Pult. = Unio pictorum
+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822
+ Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788

Mya ovalis Pult. = Unio tumidus

Mya pictorum Lin. = Unio pictorum

Mytilus anatinus Lin. = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus avonensis = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus cygneus Lin. = Anodonta cygnea

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