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Publication Villa (1841): summary

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Villa, A. 1841. Dispositio systematica Conchyliarum terrestrium et fluviatilium quæ adservantur in collectione fratrum A. et J. B. Villa ... conspectu abnormitatum novarumque specierum descriptionibus adjectis. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Symphinota Villa, 1841

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 43.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 415.
Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N448.
(error for Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta canescens Villa, 1841 = unionoid species

‘Stentz’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta cherziana Villa, 1841 = Aspatharia chaiziana

‘Rang’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

Unio corrosus Villa, 1841 = Unio elongatulus

Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 61.

Pisidium dhingolii Villa, 1841 = sphaeriid species

Bivona in Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Anodonta glabra Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 262.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 22 [3].
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 104.
(homonym of Anodonta glabra Stabile, 1845)
Type(s): MNHN_MP_2316, Couze à Issoire (Puy-de-Dôme).

There are 7 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).

Cyclas globosa Villa, 1841 = Sphaerium corneum

Megerle in Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Cyclas leachii Villa, 1841 = Sphaerium corneum

“Ziegler MSS” Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Pisidium obtusale Villa, 1841 = Euglesa casertana

Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Unio plombarius Villa, 1841 = unionoid nearctic-species

Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 62.

Cyclas plumbeus Villa, 1841 = Sphaerium corneum

Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Anodonta virens Villa, 1841 = unionoid species

‘Stentz’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum]
(homonym of Anodonta virens Lea, 1852)

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