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Publication Leach (1852): summary
publication summary Complete CitationLeach, W.E. 1852. Molluscorum Britanniæ Synopsis: A Synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. 375 pp. + plates. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraCordula Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 292.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 (monotypy) = Pisidium amnicum Damaris Swainson, 1823
‘Leach’ Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 160.
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 138, 150.
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 321.
Type species: Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Margaritifera margaritifera Euglesia Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291.
(error for Euglesa Jenyns, 1832)
Type species: Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825 = Euglesa henslowana Pera Leach, 1852
Alder, 1831. Trans. Natur. Hist. Soc. Northumbld. Durham 1: 41 [not used as valid].
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 288, 291.
(intro'd as syn. of Cyclas Lamarck, 1799) Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodontes europaea Leach, 1852
Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 29, pl. 1, fig. 3. [pre-linnaean]
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 326 [as ‘europæa’]. | |
Cyclas alata Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291. | |
Euglesa henslowiana Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291. | |
Pera amnica Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 292.
(homonym of Tellina amnica Müller, 1774) | |
Pera fluviatilis Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 292. | |
Pera gibba Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 292. | |
Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832
‘Leach’ of Authors.
Jenyns, 1832. Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 4: 308.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 91.
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291 [as ‘Pera henslowiana’].
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 169.
Clessin, 1874. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 13.
Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 19 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 60 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Dall, 1903. Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(6): 1463.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1297].
Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 308 [as ‘Tellina henslowiana’].
(error for Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825) | |
Pera pulchella Leach, 1852
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 292.
(reference to Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns, 1832) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodontes europaea = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Mytilus anatinus Da Costa, 1778
+ Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806
+ Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803
+ Mytilus anatinus Maton & Rackett, 1807
+ Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819 Anodontes europaea = Anodonta anatina Cordula amnica = Pisidium amnicum
+ Tellina rivalis Maton, 1797
+ Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818 Cyclas alata = Sphaerium corneum Cyclas cornea = Sphaerium corneum
+ Cyclas rivalis Draparnaud, 1806
+ Cardium nux Da Costa, 1778
+ Cardium amnicum Pultney, 1799 Cyclas lacustris = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Cyclas lacustris Draparnaud, 1806 Cyclas lacustris = Sphaerium nucleus Cyclas rivicola = Sphaerium rivicola Cyclas stagnicola = Sphaerium corneum
+ Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806 Cyclas stagnicola = Sphaerium lacustre Damaris elongata = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758 Euglesa henslowiana = Euglesa personata Pera amnica = Pisidium amnicum Pera appendiculata = Euglesa henslowana Pera fluviatilis = Pisidium amnicum Pera gibba = Euglesa ventricosa Pera henslowiana [sic] = Euglesa henslowana Pera pulchella = Euglesa pulchella Unio ovalis = Unio tumidus
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 Unio pictorum
+ Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788
+ Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 Unio pictorum = Unio crassus
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