Publication Sheppard (1821): summary

Full Citation

Sheppard, R. 1821. On two new British species of Mytilus, in a letter to the Rev. E. J. Burrow, F. R. S. and L. S. . Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 83-87. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytilus anatinus Sheppard, 1821 = Anodonta cygnea

Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: pl. 4, fig. 1.
Chenu, 1845. Biblio. Conch. 1: 270, pl. 26, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta gallica Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: pl. 4, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
Chenu, 1845. Biblio. Conch. 1: 270, pl. 26, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 12, fig. 1 [as ‘A. cellensis’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 123.

Mytilus incrassatus Sheppard, 1821 = Anodonta cygnea

Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 85, pl. 5, fig. 4.

Mytilus macula Sheppard, 1821 = Anodonta cygnea

Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 86, pl. 5, fig. 6.
(renamed Mytilus maculatus Brown, 1844)