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Publication Paetel (1890): summary

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Full Citation

Paetel. 1890. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung 3. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Bruzzaea Paetel, 1890

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 188.
(error for Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 = Brazzaea anceyi

Dysonomia Paetel, 1890

‘Agassiz’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Dysnomia Agassiz, 1852)
Type species: Obliquaria (Quadrula) flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Epioblasma flexuosa

Eurynea Stimpson, 1851

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Stimpson, 1851. Shells of New England: 13.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 490.
Paetel, 1875. Fam. Gatt. Moll.: 79.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 142.
(error for Eurynia Rafinesque, 1820)
Type species: Unio (Eurynia) dilatata Rafinesque, 1820 = Eurynia dilatata

Legumia Agassiz, 1852

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 45.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 490.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Ligumia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Unio recta Lamarck, 1819 = Ligumia recta

Monoetia Paetel, 1890

‘Bgt.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 188.
(error for Moncetia Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 = Moncetia anceyi

Niaea Mörch, 1853

‘Sws. 1837’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47 [as ‘Niæa’].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Naia Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Seguminaia Paetel, 1890

‘Conr.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 175.
(error for Leguminaia Conrad, 1865)
Type species: Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865 = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Tritogenia Agassiz, 1852

‘Agassiz’ of Authors.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 52.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 496.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Tritogonia Agassiz, 1852)
Type species: Obliquaria (Ellipsaria) verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820 = Quadrula verrucosa

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio abevillensis Paetel, 1890 = Elliptio complanata

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Unio abbevillensis Lea, 1857)

Unio accuens Paetel, 1890 = Pleurobema oviforme

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 143.
(error for Unio acuens Lea, 1871)

Aetheria africana Paetel, 1890 = Etheria elliptica

‘Caill.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 190. [nomen nudum]

Unio alderiana Paetel, 1890 = Unio dembeae

‘Bourguignat’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 144.
(error for Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, 1885)

Unio anconae Paetel, 1890 = Unio mancus

‘Bourguignat’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 144.
(error for Unio danconae Bourguignat, 1883)

There are 61 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Unio arancanus Paetel, 1890 = Diplodon chilensis

‘Philippi’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 144.
(error for Unio araucanus Philippi, 1847)

Unio astieranus Sowerby, 1868 = Potomida littoralis

‘Dupuy’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
(error for Unio astierianus Dupuy, 1849)

Anodonta aureus Paetel, 1890 = Pseudobaphia aurea

‘Heude’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 176.
(reference to Psudodon [sic] aureus Heude, 1885)

Unio barrotti Paetel, 1890 = Elliptio icterina

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
(error for Unio barrattii Lea, 1852)

Unio baykinianus Küster, 1861 = Megalonaias nervosa

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 181.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 145.
(error for Unio boykinianus Lea, 1840)

Mycetopus bensonianus Paetel, 1890 = Balwantia soleniformis

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 186.
(error for Margaron (Unio) bensonii Lea, 1870)

Unio bhamaoensis Hanley & Theobald, 1876 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

‘Theobald’ of Authors.
Hanley & Theobald, 1876. Conch. Indica (8): 62.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio bhamoensis Theobald, 1873)

Unio bigerriensis Paetel, 1890 = Potomida littoralis

‘Millet’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146, 157.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 720.
(error for Unio bigerrensis Millet, 1843)

Unio billattianus Paetel, 1890 = Coelatura ratidota

‘Charm.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885)

Unio birmanus Hanley & Theobald, 1872 = Leoparreysia burmana

‘Blanford’ of Authors.
Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 19.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio burmanus Blanford, 1869)

Unio blauverenses Paetel, 1890 = Elliptio complanata

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio beaverensis Lea, 1868)

Unio campsianus Paetel, 1890 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Watebl.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 147.
(error for Unio decampsianus Wattebled, 1884)

Ruellania carnata Paetel, 1890 = Grandidieria burtoni

‘Brgt.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 113.
(error for Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885)

Monocondylaea chantreyi Paetel, 1890 = Leguminaia wheatleyi

‘Brgt.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 174.
(error for Leguminaia chantrei Locard, 1883)

Anodonta chinensis Paetel, 1890 = unionoid species

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 177.
(misidentified reference to Dianisotis chinensis Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio columbiensis B.H. Wright, 1888 = Uniomerus columbensis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
B.H. Wright, 1888. Check List N. Amer. Unionidae etc.: [2].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 148.
(error for Unio columbensis Lea, 1857)

Anodonta cooperiana Paetel, 1890 = Utterbackiana couperiana

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 178.
(error for Anodonta couperiana Lea, 1840)

Margaritana correyana Küster, 1862 = Pegias fabula

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 300.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
(error for Margaritana curreyiana Lea, 1840)

Unio decampaianus Paetel, 1890 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Wattlebl.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 150.
(error for Unio decampsianus Wattebled, 1884)

Unio demarasensis Paetel, 1890 = Diplodon suavidicus

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 150.
(error for Unio demeraraensis Lea, 1859)

Unio eighti Paetel, 1890 = Megalonaias nervosa

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 151.
(error for Unio eightsii Lea, 1860)

Aetheria electrina Paetel, 1890 = Etheria elliptica

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 164. [nomen nudum]

Unio estabrokianus Paetel, 1890 = Pleuronaia barnesiana

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 152.
(error for Unio estabrookianus Lea, 1845)

Unio flavidens Reeve, 1865 = Parreysia corrugata

‘Benson’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 26, sp. 131; errata [changed to ‘favidens’].
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 152.
(error for Unio favidens Benson, 1862)

Unio funcki Paetel, 1890 = Diplodon chilensis

‘Phl.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 153.
(error for Unio foncki Philippi, 1869)

Anodonta gessneri Paetel, 1890 = Pyganodon grandis

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 179.
(error for Anodonta gesnerii Lea, 1858)

Margaritana gessneri Paetel, 1890 = Pseudodontoideus subvexus

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
(error for Margaritana gesnerii Lea, 1858)

Unio gowlattensis Paetel, 1890 = Parreysia marcens

‘Theob.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 154.
(error for Unio gowhattensis Theobald, 1873)

Unio granulifer Paetel, 1890 = Diplodon multistriatus

‘Dkr.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 154.
(error for Unio granuliferus Dunker, 1849)

Unio gratiosus Paetel, 1890 = Unio caffer

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 154.
(reference to Unio gratiosus Küster, 1861)

Anodonta grijoloae Paetel, 1890 = Pyganodon globosa

‘Morl.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 180.
(error for Anodonta grijalvae Morelet, 1884)

Anodonta hordeum Paetel, 1890 = Utterbackia imbecillis

‘Sow.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 180.
(error for Anodon horda Gould, 1855)

Anodonta intermerata Paetel, 1890 = Sinanodonta woodiana

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 183.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 639.
Preston, 1912. Rec. Ind. Mus. 7: 284.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 405.
(error for Anodon intemerata Heude, 1885)

Unio kallethensis Paetel, 1890 = Unio mardinensis

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159.
(error for Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865)

Unio kullenthenensis Paetel, 1890 = Unio mardinensis

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 156.
(error for Unio kullethensis Lea, 1865)

Unio lincecurei Paetel, 1890 = Amblema plicata

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 157.
(error for Unio lincecumii Lea, 1868)

Unio manubrius Paetel, 1890 = Uniomerus tetralasmus

‘Gould’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 158.
Call, 1895. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 7: 53.
Call, 1900. Ind. Dept. Geol. Nat. Res. (1899): 518.
(error for Unio manubius Gould, 1855)

Unio mellinus Paetel, 1890 = Lampsilis radiata

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159.
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 72, sp. 316a.
(error for Unio melinus Conrad, 1838)

Unio moorenianus Paetel, 1890 = Pleuronaia dolabelloides

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 159.
(error for Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857)

Unio morinus Paetel, 1890 = Ptychorhynchus murinum

‘Heude’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 160.
(error for Unio murinus Heude, 1883)

Unio mossulensis Kobelt, 1886 = Unio tigridis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 22.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
‘Lea’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 171.
(error for Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863)

Monocondylaea nanquingensis Paetel, 1890 = Simpsonasus nankingensis

‘Heude’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 174.
(error for Monocondylea nankingensis Heude, 1874)

Ruellania nyassaensis Leloup, 1950 = Nyassunio ujijiensis

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 113.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 31, figs. 5, 12-14; pl. 4, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

Unio pachystoma Paetel, 1890 = Indonaia corbis

‘Bens.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 162.
(error for Unio pachysoma Benson, 1862)

Unio perlensis Reeve, 1864 = Amblema plicata

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
specimen image from publicationReeve, 1864. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 11, sp. 42.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 163.
(error for Unio pearlensis Conrad, 1855)

Unio petroi Paetel, 1890 = Unio terminalis

‘Loc.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 163.
(error for Unio pietri Locard, 1883)

Barbala plicatula Paetel, 1890 = Cristaria plicata

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 175. [nomen nudum]

Monocondylaea rhyacoeca Paetel, 1890 = Diplodon rhuacoicus

‘Orb.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 147.
(error for Unio rhuacoica d’Orbigny, 1835)

Unio rudis Doering, 1875 = Diplodon delodontus

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Doering, 1875. Periód. Zool. 2: 45.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 166.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 117.
(error for Unio rudus Lea, 1859)

Unio savoyensis Paetel, 1890 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

‘Gld.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 166.
(error for Unio tavoyensis Gould, 1843)

Anodonta scaphidium Paetel, 1890 = Sinanodonta woodiana

‘Heude’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 184.
Neumayr, 1899. Wiss. Erg. Reise Szechény Ost-Asien 2: 647.
(error for Anodon scaphydium Heude, 1880)

Unio scriptopolystrictus Paetel, 1890 = Aculamprotula polysticta

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 167 [as ‘scripto-polystrictus’].
(error for Unio scriptopolystictus Heude, 1877)

Margaritana vignoniana Paetel, 1890 = Aspatharia rugifera

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 174.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 902.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1347.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 84.
(error for Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859)

Anodonta youcanensis Lea, 1867 = Beringiana beringiana

‘Lea’ Lea, 1867. Obs., index I-XI: 63.
‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 186.
(error for Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867)

Unio zatus Paetel, 1890 = Elliptio complanata

‘Lea’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 172.
(error for Unio datus Lea, 1868)

Unio zealandicus Paetel, 1890 = unionoid species

‘Gray’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 172. [nomen nudum]

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