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Publication Rossmässler (1854): summary

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Rossmässler, E.A. 1854. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser- Molluskenen Europa’s, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung kritischer und noch nicht abgebildeten Arten 3 (1-2): 1-40, pls. 61-70. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio cuneatus Rossmässler, 1854 = Potomida littoralis

‘Jacq.’ Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37, pl. 69, fig. 851.
(reference to Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835)

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828 = Potomida littoralis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio sinuatus Rossmässler, 1836 = Potomida littoralis

‘Lam.’ Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (3): pl. 13, fig. 195.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): pl. 70, fig. 853.
(misidentified reference to Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819)

Unio litoralis var. umbonatus Rossmässler, 1844 = Potomida littoralis

Rossmässler, 1844. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2 (6): 27, pl. 56, fig. 754.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 36, pl. 69, fig. 849.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio valentinus Rossmässler, 1854 = Unio mancus

Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37, pl. 69, fig. 852.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio cuneatus Jacq. = Potomida littoralis

Unio litoralis [sic] Lam. = Potomida littoralis

Unio litoralis [sic] var. umbonatus = Potomida littoralis

Unio sinuatus Lam. = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio valentinus Rossm. = Unio mancus

 
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