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Publication Gmelin (1791): attributed nominal species
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Complete 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

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

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

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

Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
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.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4.

Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1650.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 23.

Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
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.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3218, sp. 3.

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

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

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

Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
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.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_UNCATALOGED, “lacs d’eau douce de l’intérieur du Sénégal”.

Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.

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

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

Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 1.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3362, sp. 51.

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

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

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

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

Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791
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.

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

Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.

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

Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273, var. B.

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

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

Venus meretrix var. beta Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273.

 
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