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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 CitationBrown, T. 1844. Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the Description and Localities of All the Species, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water (2nd edition, “greatly expanded”). 144 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAlasmodon Thompson, 1820
Thompson, 1820. Ann. Phil. 16: 116.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1824. Zool. Jour. 1: 54.
‘Say’ Sowerby, 1839. Conch. Man.: 2.
‘Say’ Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 262, 264, 266, 269-274, 278-279, 290, 382.
De Kay, 1843. Zool. New York 5: 196.
‘Say’ Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 83.
‘Say’ Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
(error for Alasmodonta Say, 1819; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846) Attributed Nominal SpeciesAlasmodon margaritiferus var. arcuata Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 3.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823) | |
Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Anodon cygneus var. contorta Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 30, figs. 7-8.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 106, pl. 18, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Anodon cygneus var. subrhombea Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 80, pl. 30, figs. 3-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Cyclas citrina Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 132, pl. 37, fig. 37. | |
Dreissena polymorpha Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 76, pl. 29, figs. 6, 9. [in part]
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771) | |
Dreissena polymorpha Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 76, pl. 29, figs. 4-5.
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771) | |
Mytilus maculatus Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 80.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 285 [as ‘Anodonta maculata’].
(new name for Mytilus macula Sheppard, 1821) | |
Unio deshaysii Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 32, figs. 1-4.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 108, pl. 20, 3-4.
(error for Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831) | |
Unio pictorum Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 31, figs. 8-11.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAlasmodon margaritiferus = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819 Alasmodon margaritiferus = Pseudunio auricularius Alasmodon margaritiferus var. arcuata = Margaritifera margaritifera Alasmodon margaritiferus var. minor = Margaritifera margaritifera Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea = Margaritifera margaritifera Alasmodon margaritiferus var. roissyi = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio margaritifera Rossmässler, 1835 Anodon cygneus var. anatina Lamarck = Anodonta anatina Anodon cygneus var. avonensis Montagu = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Anodonta anatina Rossmässler, 1837 Anodon cygneus var. avonensis Montagu = Anodonta anatina Anodon cygneus var. cellensis Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cellensis Rossmässler, 1836
+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806
+ Anodon paludosus Turton, 1822
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819
+ Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791 Anodon cygneus var. complanata Zielger = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta compressa Menke, 1830
+ Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1836
+ Anodonta rhomboidea Schlüter, 1838 Anodon cygneus var. contorta = Anodonta cygnea Anodon cygneus var. cygneus Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1835
+ Musculus latus Fleming, 1828 Anodon cygneus var. intermedia Lamarck = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta intermedia Pfeiffer, 1821 Anodon cygneus var. intermedia Lamarck = Anodonta anatina Anodon cygneus var. piscinalis Nilsson = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta ventricosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Mytilus macula Sheppard, 1821 Anodon cygneus var. piscinalis Nilsson = Anodonta anatina Anodon cygneus var. ponderosa Pfeiffer = Anodonta anatina
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807 Anodon cygneus var. rostrata Kokeil Museum = Anodonta anatina Anodon cygneus var. stagnalis Sowerby = Anodonta cygnea Anodon cygneus var. subrhombea Brown, MSS = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta piscinalis var. testa Rossmässler, 1837 Dreissena polymorpha Van Beneden
+ Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835
+ Mytilus e fluvio wolga Chemnitz, 1795
+ Mytilus hagenii Baer, 1826
+ Mytilus volgensis Gray, 1825 Unio batava = Unio crassus
+ Unio batavus Nilsson, 1822
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806 Unio deshaysii [sic] = Unio pictorum Unio ovalis = Unio tumidus
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802
+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822
+ Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836 Unio pictorum Lamarck
+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803 Unio pictorum Lamarck = Unio mancus Unio pictorum Lamarck = Unio tumidus Unio pictorum Lamarck = Unio crassus Unio rostrata Kokeil Museum = Unio pictorum
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1837 Unio rostrata Kokeil Museum = Unio elongatulus Unio tumidus Retzius
+ Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Mysca solida Turton, 1822
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