Publication Montagu (1803): summary

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 1-2. 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. 1-2: 172.
(renamed Anodonta avonica Bourguignat, 1881)

Tellina flexuosa Montagu, 1803 = Thyasira flexuosa

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 72.

Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803 = Unio tumidus

Philipsson in Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: 17.
Pulteney, 1799. Cat. Birds. Shells. Dorsetshire: 27. [nomen nudum]
Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 34.
(misidentified reference to Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786)

Solen pinna Montagu, 1803 = Pandora pinna

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: ??.

Tellina rotundata Montagu, 1803 = Diplodonta rotundata

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 71, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Mysca solida Turton, 1822 = Unio tumidus

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

Venus spinifera Montagu, 1803 = Myrtea spinifera

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 577.

Mya suborbicularis Montagu, 1803 = Kellia suborbicularis

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 39.

Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 = Abra tenuis

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 572, pl. 17, fig. 5.

Mactra triangularis Montagu, 1803 = Goodallia triangularis

Montagu, 1803. Test. Brit. 1-2: 99.

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 Pulteney, 1799

Cardium lacustre Gmel. = Sphaerium lacustre

Mya margaritifera Lin. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Mya ovalis Pult. = Unio tumidus + Unio pictorum

+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822

+ Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788

Mya pictorum Lin. = Unio pictorum

Mytilus anatinus Lin. = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus avonensis = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus cygneus Lin. = Anodonta cygnea