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Publication Gmelin (1791): summary

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Full Citation

Gmelin, J.F. 1791. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, locis 1(6) (13th ed.): 3021-3909. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Venus meretrix var. beta Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791 = corbiculid fossil

Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 174, pl. 4, figs. 123.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1784. Conch. Cab. 7: pl. 39, figs. 412-414.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3285.

Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791 = Macoma calcarea

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3236.

Venus casta Gmelin, 1791 = Meretrix casta

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791 = Geloina erosa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

There are 24 available nominal species attributed to this publication (29 total).

Cardium crassum Gmelin, 1791 =

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3254.

Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791 = Mutela dubia

Adanson, 1757. Hist. Nat. Sénégal, Coquillages: 234, pl. 17, fig. 21 [as ‘le mutel’]. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3363, sp. 56.
(renamed Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_UNCATALOGED, “lacs d’eau douce de l’intérieur du Sénégal”.

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.
(homonym of Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771)

Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767 = Arctica islandica

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271.

Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791 = Iphigenia laevigata

Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 253, pl. 25, fig. 249.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3265.

Mytilus lineatus Gmelin, 1791 = Mytilaster lineatus

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359.

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)

Solen maximus Gmelin, 1791 = Cultellus maximus

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3227.

Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273, var. B.
(misidentified reference to Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)

Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791 = Unio pictorum

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1650.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 23.
(renamed Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819)

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)

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.

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis radiata

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7 [as ‘Mya pictorum tenuis’].
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9. [in part]

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis cariosa

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152, fig. 7.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9, var. b. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)

Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 326, pl. 31, figs. 327-329. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791 = Indonaia rugosa

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1649 [as ‘Mya corrugata magna’].
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 32.

Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791 = Parreysia corrugata

Schröter, 1783. Einl. Conch. 2: 617, sp. 9, pl. 7, fig. 5. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 16.

Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791 = Anodonta cygnea

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

Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791 = Galatea paradoxa

Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280.

Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781. Zoophylacium Gronovianum: pl. 8, figs. 1-2. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222.

Cardium trilaterum Gmelin, 1791 = Didacna trigonoides

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3253.

Tellina virginica Gmelin, 1791 = Pisidium dubium

Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3236.

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)

Taxonomic Opinions

Mya corrugata Müller, 1774 = Parreysia corrugata

Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Dichonca crassissima Klein, 1753

Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 = Pseudunio auricularius

Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791 = Unio pictorum

Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis radiata
+ Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791

Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791 = Lampsilis cariosa

Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791 = Indonaia rugosa

Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791 = Parreysia corrugata

Mya syrmatophora Gronovius, 1781 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774

Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791 = Mutela dubia

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791 = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791 = Anodonta cygnea

Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791 = Anodonta cygnea
 
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