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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Issel (1874): summary
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Complete Citation

Issel, A. 1874. Molluschi Borneensi: Illustrazione Delle Specie Terrestri e d’Acqua Dolce Raccolte Nell’Isola di Borneo Dai Signori G. Doria e O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova 6: 366-486. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Alasmodonta vondembuschiana Issel, 1874
‘Lea’ Issel, 1874. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 6: 477.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana vondenbuschiana Lea, 1840)

Corbicula dyakorum Issel, 1874
Issel, 1874. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 6: 473, pl. 7, figs. 25-27.

Corbicula dyakorum var. inaequilatera Issel, 1874
Issel, 1874. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 6: 473.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula dyakorum Issel, 1874)

Corbicula dyakorum var. olivacea Issel, 1874
Issel, 1874. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 6: 473.
(homonym of Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848; intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula dyakorum Issel, 1874)

Unio borneensis Issel, 1874
Issel, 1874. Ann. Mus. Storia Nat. Genova 6: 113.
(new name for Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1965156, locality data from Issel “Nord-Est di Borneo; nelle vicinanze della costa presso Mampawa; nel lago Donau Siriang (v. Martens).”.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta [sic] vondembuschiana (Lea, 1843) = Sundadontina cumingii
+ Alasmodonta zollingeri Mousson, 1849
+ Anodonta cumingii Lea, 1851

Alasmodonta [sic] vondembuschiana (Lea, 1843) = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Alasmodonta [sic] walpolei (Hanley) = Pseudodon walpolei

Unio borneensis Issel = Ctenodesma borneensis
+ Unio plicatulus Lea, 1859

Unio caudiculatus von Martens, 1867 = Caudiculatus caudiculatus

 
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