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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Küster (1854): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Küster, H.C. 1854. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 89-120, pls. 25-33. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio brevirostris Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 120, pl. 33, figs. 1-3.

Unio carneus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 103, pl. 28, figs. 1-2.

Unio concinnus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 93.
(intro'd as syn of Unio quinqueannulatus Küster, 1854)

Unio crassus Küster, 1854
‘Retz.’ Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 113, pl. 31, fig. 5. [in part]
(reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio heldii Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 111, pl. 30, fig. 5-7.

Unio luxurians Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 119, pl. 32, fig. 5.

Unio maltzani Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 106, pl. 29, figs. 1-2.

Unio nathusii Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 92, pl. 25, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as syn of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio nessorhynchus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 116, pl. 31, fig. 6.

Unio pallens Küster, 1854
‘Parreiss’ Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 95, pl. 25, fig. 5; pl. 26, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842)

Unio petrovichii Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 98, pl. 26, figs. 5-6; pl. 27, fig. 1.

Unio petterianus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 97, pl. 26, fig. 4.

Unio quinqueannulatus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 93, pl. 25, figs. 3-4.

Unio viridiflavus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 96, pl. 26, figs. 2-3.

Unio pallens var. albina Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 105, pl. 28, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842)

 
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