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Publication Rossmässler (1859): summary

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Rossmässler, E.A. 1859. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser- Molluskenen Europa’s, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung kritischer und noch nicht abgebildeten Arten 3 (5-6): 81-140, pls. 81-89. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Anodonta cygnea cordata Rossmässler, 1859 = Anodonta cygnea

Rossmässler, 1859. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (5-6): 136, nos. 970-971, pls. 88-89, figs. 968a-b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_5140, Lache b. Platschütz b. Allenburg [Germany].

Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1859 = Unio tumidus

Rossmässler, 1859. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (5-6): 138, pl. 89, fig. 969.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. cordata = Anodonta cygnea

Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. saccatus = Unio tumidus

 
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