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Publication Rossmässler (1838): summary

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Rossmässler, E.A. 1838. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten 2 (1-2). 43 pp., pls. 31-40. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (3): 29, pl. 15, fig. 208.
‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 42, pl. 40, fig. 544.
Rossmässler, 1842. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (5): 14, pl. 55, fig. 742.

Unio tumidus var. G decurvatus Scholtz, 1843 =

Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): pl. 40, fig. 542 [as ‘Unio tumidus’].
Scholtz, 1843. Land- und Wassermoll. Schlesiens: 125.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788; homonym of Unio decurvatus Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio gargottae Rossmässler, 1838 = Unio crassus

Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 26, pl. 35, fig. 493.
(misidentified reference to Unio gargottae Philippi, 1836)

Unio consentaneus legitimus Rossmässler, 1838 = Unio nanus

Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 25, pl. 35, fig. 491a. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836)

Unio consentaneus minor Rossmässler, 1838 = Unio nanus

Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 25, pl. 35, fig. 491c. [infra-subsp.]
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836)

Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 = Unio tumidus

Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 41, pl. 40, fig. 541.
Rossmässler, 1842. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (5): 13, pl. 54, fig. 739.

Unio consentaneus pulcher Rossmässler, 1838 = Unio nanus

Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 25, pl. 35, fig. 491b. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836; homonym of Unio pulcher Lea, 1838)

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Unio tumidulus Locard, 1889 = Unio tumidus

Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (3): pl. 14, fig. 203 [as ‘Unio tumidus’].
Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): pl. 40, fig. 542 [as ‘Unio tumidus’].
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 176 [70], 261 [155].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 213.
(homonym of Unio tumidulus Lea, 1856)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22586 (by Graf, 2011: 510), La Seine à Rouen (Seine-Inférieure).

Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio tumidus

Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (3): pl. 14, fig. 203.
Rossmässler, 1838. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (1-2): 41, pl. 40, fig. 542.
Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): pl. 60, fig. 773.
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): pl. 28, fig. 20.
Turton, 1857. Man. Land Fresh-Water Shells Brit. Is.: pl. 2, fig. 13.
Forbes & Hanley, 1859. Brit. Moll.: pl. 40, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio ater var. ? = Unio crassus

Unio consentaneus Zgl. = Unio nanus

Unio consentaneus form legitimus = Unio nanus

Unio consentaneus form minor = Unio nanus

Unio consentaneus form pulcher = Unio nanus

Unio gargottae Phil. = Unio mancus

Unio muelleri Rossm. = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus Retz.

Unio turtonii Payr. = Unio mancus

 
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