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Publication Colbeau (1868): summary

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Full Citation

Colbeau, J. 1868. Liste générale des Mollusques vivants de la Belgique dressée d’après les documents publiés par les auters. Annales de la Société malacologique de Belgique 3: 85-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio batavus var. belgicus Colbeau, 1868 = Unio crassus

Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106, pl. 4, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Unio cuneolus Colbeau, 1868 =

‘Pffr.’ Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta fallax Colbeau, 1868 = Anodonta anatina

Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107, pl. 3, fig. 3.

Unio batavus var. fontainei Colbeau, 1868 = Unio crassus

‘Lecomte’ Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau, 1868 = Unio tumidus

Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Unio batavus var. incurvatus Colbeau, 1868 = Unio tumidus

Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106, pl. 4, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Anodonta kickxii var. interrogationis Colbeau, 1868 = Anodonta anatina

Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107, pl. 3, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta kickxi Colbeau, 1868)

Anodonta kickxi Colbeau, 1868 = Anodonta anatina

Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107, pl. 3, fig.1.

Anodonta cygnea var. rossmässleri Colbeau, 1868 = Anodonta cygnea

‘De Malz’ Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107.
(error for Anodonta cygnea var. rossmasleri Malzine, 1867)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina L.

Anodonta anatina var. coarctata Potiez = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta avonensis Mtg = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta complanata Zgl. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta complanata var. elongata Holand. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta cygnea L.

Anodonta cygnea var. cellensis Pffr. = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta cygnea var. intermedia Lam. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. rossmässleri De Malz. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. ventricosa Pffr. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta fallax J. Colb. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta kickxi J. Colb. = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta ponderosa Kickx, 1830
+ Anodonta subponderosa Dupuy, 1849

Anodonta kickxi var. interrogationis J. Colb. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta variabilis Drap. = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822

Anodonta variabilis Drap. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta variabilis var. rostrata Kok. = Anodonta anatina

Margaritana margaritifera L. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana margaritifera var. elongata Lam. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. belgicus J. Colb. = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. fontainei Lecomte = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. incurvatus J. Colb. = Unio tumidus

Unio batavus var. ovalis Mtg. = Unio tumidus

Unio cuneolus Pffr.

Unio elongatulus

Unio lambottei De Malz. = Unio crassus

Unio pictorum L.

Unio pictorum var. flavescens Moq. = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum var. rostratus Lam. = Unio pictorum

Unio rhomboideus Schröt. = Potomida littoralis

Unio robianoi De Malz. = Unio tumidus

Unio robianoi var. inflatus De Malz. = Unio tumidus

Unio ryckholtii De Malz. = Unio crassus

Unio ryckholtii var. cuneatus De Malz. = Unio crassus

Unio sinuatus Lam. = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio tumidus Philipn.

Unio tumidus var. heckingi J. Colb. = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. lacustris Rossm. = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. radiatus J. Colb. = Unio tumidus

 
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