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Publication Pfeiffer (1821): summary

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Full Citation

Pfeiffer, C. 1821. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken 1. 134 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 17, 123.
Type species: Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818 = Pisidium amnicum

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyclas acuta Pfeiffer, 1821 = Euglesa henslowana

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 230.

Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821 = Anodonta cygnea

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 110, pl. 6, fig. 1.
(new name for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)

Cyclas duplicata Pfeiffer, 1821 = sphaeriid species

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 230.

Anodonta intermedia Pfeiffer, 1821 = Anodonta anatina

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 113, pl. 6, fig. 3.
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 85.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM SMF_5165, Aus Pfeiffer’s Hand, Fundort ? [probably:] lake Aueteich in Karlsaue park, Kassel [Germany].

Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822 = Unio pictorum

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 115, t. 5. f. 10.
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 110.

Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio crassus

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 117, pl. 5, fig. 12.
Rossmässler, 1853. Z. Malak. 10: 92.
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798; error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio pictorum

Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 115, t. 5. f. 10.
(reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio nanus

specimen image from publication Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.].
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 118, pl. 5, fig. 13.
Scholtz, 1843. Land- und Wassermoll. Schlesiens: 129. [nomen nudum]

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cellensis (Pfeiffer, 1821) = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta cygnea Lam.

Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819 = Anodonta cygnea

Unio batava Lam. = Unio crassus
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806

Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck, 1801 = Potomida littoralis

Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio lemovicincae Férussac, 1807

Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio crassus

Unio pictorum Lam.

Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio nanus

Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819 = Unio pictorum

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