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Publication Brot (1867): summary

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Brot, A. 1867. Étude sur les coquilles de la famille des nayades qui habitent le bassin du Léman. Association Zoologique de Léman (1866). 55 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta anatina abbreviata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta anatina

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 41, pl. 6, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta anatina Brot, 1867 = Anodonta anatina

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): pl. 5, fig. 2.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): pl. 14, figs. 3-4.
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cellensis var. dilatata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 37, pl. 6, fig. 4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)

Anodonta anatina elongata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 43, pl. 6, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta elongata Holandre, 1836)

Anodonta pictetiana elongata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 46, pl. 8, fig. 3.
(homonym of Anodonta elongata Holandre, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867)

There are 13 available nominal species attributed to this publication (16 total).
image of type lot

Anodonta illuviosa Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta anatina

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): [42,] pl. 7, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta anatina monstrosa’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 296.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_24467, Ruisseau de la Salle (S. et Loire).

Anodonta anatina major Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 42, pl. 7, fig. 1; pl. 6, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta rostrata var. major Brusina, 1866)

Anodonta piscinalis major Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 47, pl. 5, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822; homonym of Anodonta rostrata var. major Brusina, 1866)

Anodonta cellensis var. minor Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 35.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821; homonym of Anodonta cygnaea var. minor de Joannis, 1859)

Anodonta anatina monstrosa Brot, 1867 = Anodonta anatina

Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. monstrosa’]. [nomen nudum]
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): [42,] pl. 7, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

image of type lot

Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

‘(Mortillet)’ Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 45, pl. 8, fig. 1-3.
Type(s): PARATYPE SMF_5157, Villeneuve, Genfer See [Lake Geneva] [Switzerland].

Anodonta cygnea var. rostrata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 30, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836)

Anodonta cellensis rostrata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 37, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821; homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836)

Anodonta anatina rostrata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 40, pl. 7, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836)

Anodonta pictetiana rostrata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 46, pl. 8, fig. 2.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867)

Unio batavus var. squamosus Brot, 1867 = Unio crassus

Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): pl. 9, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807; misidentified reference to Unio batavus var. squamosus Charpentier, 1837)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea L.
+ Mytilus maxima Schröter, 1779

Anodonta cygnea var. rostrata Brot, 1867 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cariosa Küster, 1842
+ Anodonta helvetica Bourguignat, 1862

Anodonta ventricosa Pfeiffer, C., 1825 = Anodonta cygnea

 
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