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Publication Kobelt (1886): summary

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Kobelt, W. 1886. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten von E.A. Rossmässler 2 (Neue Folge). 54 pp., pls. 31-60. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritana euphratica Kobelt, 1886 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

‘Bourguignat’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 26, pl. 45, fig. 266.
(reference to Unio euphraticus Bourguignat, 1852)

image of type lot

Margaritana freytagi Kobelt, 1886 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Kobelt, 1886. Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 39: 98, pl. 8, figs. 1-4.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 45, pl. 55, figs. 291-294.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_4984, Nister b. Hachenburg.

Unio hueti Kobelt, 1886 = Unio crassus

‘Bourg.’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 22, pl. 41, fig. 255.
(misidentified reference to Unio hueti Bourguignat, 1855)

Unio jolyi Kobelt, 1886 = Potomida littoralis

‘(Bourg.?)’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 22, pl. 41, fig. 256.

Unio jonicus Kobelt, 1886 = Unio ionicus

‘Drouët’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 43.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 153.
specimen image from publicationKobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 87.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 131.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 52.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): 578.
Lyubas et al., 2022. Diversity 14(11), 935: Table S3.
(error for Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879)

There are 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (17 total).

Unio sieversi var. kobelti Westerlund, 1890 = Unio crassus

Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: pl. 53, fig. 286 [as ‘U. sieversi’].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 151.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881; homonym of Unio kobelti Neumayr, 1899)

Unio kochii Kobelt, 1886 = Unio nanus

Sandberger & Koch, 1851. Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 7: 245 [as ‘U. moquinianus’].
Kobelt, 1886. Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 39: 97, pl. 6, fig. 1.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 46, pl. 56, figs. 295-296.

Unio raddei var. koutaisiana Kobelt, 1886 = Unio gontierii

Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 40, pl. 52, fig. 283.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio raddei Drouët, 1881)

Unio letourneuxi Kobelt, 1886 = Potomida littoralis

Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 3, pl. 32, fig. 227.
(misidentified reference to Unio letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1864)

Unio maccarthyanus Kobelt, 1886 = Potomida littoralis

Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 5, pl. 33, fig. 229 [as ‘mac carthyanus’].
(reference to Unio maccarthyanus Bourguignat, 1866)

Unio medjerdae Kobelt, 1884 = Unio ravoisieri

Kobelt, 1884. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 16: 183.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 23, pl. 42, figs. 257-259.

Unio micelii Kobelt, 1884 = Unio ravoisieri

Kobelt, 1884. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 16: 182.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 24, pl. 43, figs. 260-261.

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)

Unio neocomiensis Kobelt, 1886 = Unio nanus

‘Drouët’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 34.
(error for Unio neocomensis Drouët, 1881)

Unio (sec. Lymnium) pseudonymus Simpson, 1900 = Unio mardinensis

‘Bourg.’ Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 22, pl. 41, fig. 255 [as ‘U. hueti’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 694.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 560.

Unio rhenanus Kobelt, 1886 = Unio tumidus

Kobelt, 1886. Jb. Nassau. Ver. Naturk. 39: 96, pl. 5, fig. 3.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 48, pl. 56, fig. 297.

Unio sieversi Kobelt, 1886 = Unio crassus

Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: pl. 53, fig. 286.
(misidentified reference to Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881)

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