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Publication Küster (1839): summary
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Complete Citation

Küster. 1839. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(1). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta callosa Küster, 1839
Held in Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 36, pl. 9, fig. 1.

Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839
‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 1. [in part]

Anodonta gigantea Küster, 1839
‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2. [in part]

Anodonta cellensis orata Küster, 1839
Held in Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 25.

Anodonta cellensis var. solearis Küster, 1839
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 25.

Columba spixii Ihering, 1890
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodon giganteus’]. [in part]
‘Spix’ Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 6, pl. 1, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta gigantea’].
Ihering, 1890. Arch. Naturg. 56(1): 135, 142, pl. 9, fig. 4.

Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828
‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cellensis [sic] Schröter = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806
+ Anodonta sulcata Nilsson, 1822
+ Anodonta cellensis Rossmässler, 1836

Anodonta complanata Ziegler = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1836

Anodonta ensiformis Spix = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodonta gigantea Spix = Anodontites patagonica
+ Anodon crassus Swainson, 1823

Anodonta gigantea Spix = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta longina Spix = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Anodonta luxata Held, 1837 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta obtusa Spix = Anodontites obtusa

Anodonta ponderosa Pfeiffer = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rostrata Held u. Kokeil = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta rostrata Held, 1836

Anodonta trapezea Spix = Anodontites trapezea

Anodonta trigona Spix = Anodontites trigona

 
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