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Publication Schröter (1779): summary

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Schröter, J.S. 1779. Die Geschichte der Flussconchylien : mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf diejenigen welche in den thüringischen Wassern leben. 434 pp., 11 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mya angustata Schröter, 1779 = Unio pictorum

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 184, pl. 3, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]

Mya arenaria Schröter, 1779 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 165, pl. 2, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758)

Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 = Unio crassus

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2, 4-5.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 3.
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 37.

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 = Unio crassus

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 182, pl. 2, fig. 2 [Mya testa crassa]. [non-binomial]
Philipsson in Retzius, 1788. Diss. Nat.-Hist. Test. Gen.: 17.

Mytilus cygneus Schröter, 1779 = Anodonta anatina

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

There is 1 available nominal species attributed to this publication (22 total).

Unio groenlandicus Schröter, 1779 = unionoid species

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 181, pl. 9, fig. 1. [non-binomial]
Mörch, 1868. Amer. J. Conch. 4: 38.

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Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, figs. 2-3.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1785. Conchyl. Cab. 8: 186, pl. 86, fig. 763 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, fig. 2 [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 10.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0004, dans le Loir, près Châteaudun [in the Loir, near Châteaudun].

Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 = Potomida littoralis

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 3.
specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 2 [as Unio sp.].
Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: 425.
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 76, sp. 25.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_UNKNOWN, France, common in the Seine.

Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 10, fig. 47. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2.
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Mytilus maxima Schröter, 1779 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 159, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Unio ovatus Studer, 1820 = Unio nanus

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2.
Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 30.
(homonym of Unio ovatus Say, 1817)

Anodonta pammegala Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, fig. 1.
‘L.’ Rossmässler, 1837. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (5-6): 23, pl. 25, fig. 342 [as ‘Anodonta cygnea’].
‘Linné’ Küster, 1853. Conch. Cab. Anodonta: 58, pl. 15 [as ‘Anodonta cygnea’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 107.

Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791 = Unio crassus

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: pl. 2, fig. 30; [app.] pl. 1, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1; pl. 147, figs. 2-3. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs. 2-5; pl. 4, fig. 6.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3218, sp. 3.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822 = Anodonta anatina

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’].
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 133, pl. 12, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta anatina’].
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 116.

Tellina pusilla Gmelin, 1791 = Euglesa casertana

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 194, pl. 4, figs. 7a-b. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3231.

Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 = Potomida littoralis

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 186, pl. 2, fig. 3 [as ‘Mya rhomboidea’]. [non-binomial]
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 568, pl. 48, figs. 4-9; pl. 49, figs. 1-2.

Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 3 [sic]. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 70, sp. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_XXX, the Rhine, the Loire and other rivers of continental Europe.

Unio sinuatus Studer, 1820 = Unio nanus

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 182, pl. 2, fig. 2 [Mya testa crassa]. [non-binomial]
Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 30.
(homonym of Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819)

Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, fig. 1.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3352, sp. 50.

Tellina striata Schröter, 1779 = Pisidium amnicum

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 193.

Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1785. Conchyl. Cab. 8: 185, pl. 86, fig. 762.
specimen image from publicationBruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 205, fig. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 87, sp. 11.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] & PARALECTOTYPE MHNG_MOLL_50581 (by R.I. Johnson, 1953: 94), Unknown.

Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791 = Anodonta cygnea

Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 1.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3362, sp. 51.
(renamed Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)
 
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