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Publication Charpentier (1837): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Charpentier, J. 1837. Catalogue des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la Suisse, formant la seconde partie de la faune Helvétique. 28 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio batavus var. squamosus Charpentier, 1837 = Unio nanus

Charpentier, 1837. Cat. Moll. Suisse: 25, pl. 2, fig. 22.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina Drap.

Anodonta cygnea Lam.

Anodonta intermedia Pfeiff. = Anodonta anatina

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. ovatus (Stud.) = Unio nanus

Unio batavus var. sinuatus (Stud. non Lam.) = Unio nanus

Unio batavus var. squamosus mihi. = Unio nanus

Unio limosus Nilss. = Unio nanus
+ Unio inflatus Studer, 1820
+ Unio planus Studer, 1820

Unio limosus Nilss. = Unio pictorum

Unio tumidus Retz. = Unio nanus
+ Unio rostratus Studer, 1820

Unio tumidus Retz.

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