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

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Publication Brown (1844): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Brown. 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch..

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon subrhombea Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: 80, pl. 30, figs. 3-4.

Anodonta cellensis Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: pl. 12, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)

Anodonta contorta Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: 106, pl. 18, figs. 1-2.

Anodonta gallica Bourguignat, 1881
Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: pl. 4, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: pl. 12, fig. 1 [as ‘A. cellensis’].
Chenu, 1845. Biblio. Conch. 1: 270, pl. 26, fig. 1.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 123.

Anodonta ponderosa Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: pl. 15, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825)

Anodonta racketti Bourguignat, 1881
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: pl. 3, fig. 3 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’].
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: pl. 15, fig. 1 [as ‘A. ponderosa var.’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 291.

Cyclas citrina Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: 132, pl. 37, fig. 37.

Dreissena polymorpha Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: 76, pl. 29, figs. 6, 9.
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena polymorpha Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: 76, pl. 39, figs. 4-5.
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Unio pictorum Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: 81, pl. 31, figs. 8-11.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

 
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