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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta anatina

nominal species Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807

Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807 = Anodonta anatina

Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 110, pl. 3, fig. 3. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

= Anodonta anatina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta anatina Linné — Germain, 1931

+ Anodonta (Abbreviatiana) racketti Bourg. — Martens, 1891

+ Anodonta (Euanodonta) racketti Bgt. — Westerlund, 1890

+ Anodonta (Abbreviatiana) racketti Bourguignat — Locard, 1890

+ Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. racketti) racketti Bourguignat — Locard, 1882

+ Anodonta (Abbreviatiana) racketti Bourguignat — Servain, 1882

+ Anodonta (Abbreviatiana) rackettiBourguignat, 1881

+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

+ Anodontes europaeaLeach, 1852

+ Anodon cygneus var. avonensis Montagu — Brown, 1844

+ Anodon cygneus var. ponderosa Pfeiffer — Brown, 1844

+ Margarita (Anodonta) cygneus Drap. Lam. Crouch. Blain. Pfeif. Turt. Des Moul. Flem. Grat. Bouil. — Lea, 1838

+ Anodonta ponderosa Pfeiff. — Kickx, 1830

 
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