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Publication Servain (1885): summary
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Complete Citation

Servain, G. 1885. Unios et Anodontes du Lac de Zurich. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 2: 323-352. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Ellipsoides Servain, 1885
Servain, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 337 [as ‘Ellipsoïdes’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta eupelina Servain, 1885 (monotypy) = Anodonta cygnea

Illuviosiana Locard, 1890
Servain, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 352. [nomen nudum]
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 115.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta illuviosa Bourguignat, 1881 (orig. desig.) = Anodonta anatina

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 18 available nominal species attributed to this publication (18 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta abbreviata Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta anatina (Rossmässler)

Anodonta calara = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta carotæ Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta diminuta Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta mutabilis diminuata Clessin, 1876

Anodonta duregica = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta epipedacra = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta eucaca = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta eupelina = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta fallax Colbeau, 1868 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta fœda = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta hypæschra = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta illuviosa Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta immunda = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta lacuum Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta maculata Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus macula Sheppard, 1821

Anodonta misara = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta palustris d’Orbigng [sic] in Férussac, 1832 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rayii Dupuy, 1849 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rayopsis = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta ruvidella = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta sturmi Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta subarealis Fagot in Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta tigurica = Anodonta cygnea

Unio amnicus Ziegler in Rossmässler, 1836 = Unio nanus

Unio duregicus = Unio nanus

Unio ostiorum Brot, mss.’ = Unio nanus

Unio ovatus (Studer) Charpentier, 1837 = Unio nanus

Unio rayi Locard, 1882 = Unio crassus

Unio riparius Scholtz, 1843 = Unio nanus

Unio sandriopsis Bourguignat, mss. = Unio nanus
+ Unio batavus var. squamosus Brot, 1867
+ Unio sanderi Bourguignat, 1862

Unio sandriopsis Bourguignat, mss. = Unio crassus

Unio subrobustus Bourguignat, mss. = Unio nanus

Unio tiguricus = Unio nanus

Unio turicus = Unio nanus

 
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