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

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Publication Ihering (1893): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Ihering, H.v. 1893. Die Süsswasser-Bivalven Japans. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 18: 145-166. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta haconensis Ihering, 1893
Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 437, pl. 22, fig. 4 [as ‘A. cellensis’].
Ihering, 1893. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 153, fig. 4.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3683, Hakone-See Japan.

Anodonta kobelti Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 152, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3681, ? Hakone-See ? Japan.

Unio haconensis Ihering, 1893
Ihering, 1893. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 161, fig. 3.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3641, Hacone-See, Japan.

Unio jokohamensis Ihering, 1893
‘Lea’ Kobelt, 1879. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 11: 423, pl. 12, figs. 1-2 [as ‘Unio japanensis’].
Ihering, 1893. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 158.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3648, Umgeb. v. Yokohama.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta calipygos Kobelt = Sinanodonta calipygos

Anodonta gibbum Bens. = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodonta haconensis sp. n. = Sinanodonta woodiana
+ Anodonta cellensis Kobelt, 1879

Anodonta haconensis sp. n. = Beringiana japonica

Anodonta japonica (Mart.) Clessin = Beringiana japonica

Anodonta kobelti sp. n. = Beringiana japonica

Anodonta lauta v. Mart., 1877 = Sinanodonta lauta
+ Anodonta lauta var. rostrata Kobelt, 1879

Anodonta magnifica Lea = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodonta pulchella “Heimb.” = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodonta reiniana (v. Martens) = Pletholophus reinianus

Anodonta woodiana Lea, 1837 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Cristaria discoidea Lea = Pletholophus tenuis

Cristaria herculea (Middend.) = Cristaria plicata
+ Dipsas plicata var. clessini Kobelt, 1879

Cristaria herculea (Middend.) = Cristaria clessini

Cristaria plicata (Humphr.) Sol.
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829

Cristaria spatiosa (Clessin, 1876 = Cristaria plicata
+ Anodon herculeus Sowerby, 1867
+ Dipsas plicata var. japonica Kobelt, 1879

Cristaria spatiosa (Clessin, 1876 = Cristaria clessini

Margaritana margaritifera (L.) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio (Alasm.) dahuricus Middendorff, 1850
+ Margaritana dahurica Kobelt, 1879

Margaritana margaritifera (L.) = Margaritifera dahurica

Margaritana margaritifera (L.) = Margaritifera laevis

Unio biwae Kobelt = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio brandtii Kobelt = Inversidens brandtii

Unio grayanus Lea = Lanceolaria grayii

Unio haconensis sp. n. = Inversiunio jokohamensis

Unio japanensis Lea = Pronodularia japanensis
+ Unio omiensis Heimburg, 1884

Unio japanensis Lea = Obovalis omiensis

Unio jokohamensis sp. n. = Inversiunio jokohamensis
+ Unio japanensis Kobelt, 1879

Unio leai var. Gray = Lamprotula leaii

Unio murchisonianus Lea = Nodularia douglasiae
+ Unio nipponensis Kobelt, 1879

Unio nipponensis v. Mart., 1877 = Nodularia nipponensis

Unio oxyrhynchus v. Mart., 1861 = Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha

Unio reinianus Kobelt = Inversiunio reinianus

Unio schlegelii v. Martens, 1861 = Sinohyriopsis schlegelii

 
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