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Publication Rossmässler (1837): summary

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Rossmässler, E.A. 1837. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten 1 (5-6). 70 pp., pls. 21-30. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio acutus Rossmässler, 1837 = Unio crassus

Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 56, pl 29, fig. 413 [as ‘Unio an n. sp.?’]. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta anatina Rossmässler, 1837 = Anodonta anatina

Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 57, pl. 30, fig. 418.
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio bandinii Rossmässler, 1837 = Unio mancus

‘Küster’ Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 22, pl. 24, fig. 341.

Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1837 = Anodonta cygnea

‘L.’ Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 23, pl. 25, fig. 342.
‘Linné’ Küster, 1853. Conch. Cab. Anodonta: 58, pl. 15.
(reference to Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio decurvatus Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio nanus

Rossmässler, 1835. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (2): 22, pl. 9, fig. 131.
Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 21, pl. 24, fig. 339.

There are 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).

Unio littoralis Rossmässler, 1837 = Potomida littoralis

Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 21, pl. 24, fig. 340.
(reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Anodonta pammegala Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, fig. 1.
‘L.’ Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 23, pl. 25, fig. 342 [as ‘Anodonta cygnea’].
‘Linné’ Küster, 1853. Conch. Cab. Anodonta: 58, pl. 15 [as ‘Anodonta cygnea’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 107.

Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1837 = Unio pictorum

Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 55, pl. 29, fig. 409.
(reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835 = Unio pictorum

Rossmässler, 1835. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (2): 22, pl. 9, fig. 130.
Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 20, pl. 24, fig. 338.

Unio subdentatus Rossmässler, 1837 = Unio mancus

‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 22.
(intro'd as syn of Unio bandinii Rossmässler, 1837)

Anodonta piscinalis var. testa Rossmässler, 1837 = Anodonta anatina

Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 57, pl. 30, fig. 416.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822; renamed Anodonta dantessantyi Bourguignat, 1881)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina L.
+ Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta piscinalis var. testa = Anodonta anatina

Unio bandinii Küster = Unio mancus
+ Unio subdentatus Rossmässler, 1837

Unio batavus ex emend. Nilss. = Unio crassus

Unio crassus Retz.

Unio decurvatus Rossm. = Unio nanus

Unio littoralis Lam. = Potomida littoralis

Unio pictorum ex em. Nills. [sic]

Unio platyrhynchus Rossm. = Unio pictorum

Unio rubens Mke. = Unio crassus

Unio rugatus Mke. = Unio crassus
 
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