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Publication Modell (1942): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Modell, H. 1942. Das natürliche System der Najaden. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 74(5/6): 161-191. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Caelatura Conrad, 1853
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)

Decumrambis Modell, 1942
‘Rafinesque’
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 180.
(error for Decurambis Rafinesque, 1831)

Ecuadoria Modell, 1942
‘Marsh. & Bowles’
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 186.
(error for Ecuadorea Marshall & Bowles, 1932)

Lamproscapha Modell, 1942
‘Lindholm’
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 188.
(error for Limnoscapha Lindholm, 1932)

Lortiella Modell, 1942
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 70.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 178.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type species: Mycetopus rugatus Sowerby, 1868 (sub. desig. by McMichael & Hiscock, 1958: 432) = Lortiella rugata

Schepmannia Modell, 1942
‘Haas’
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 184.
(error for Schepmania Haas, 1910)

Sprickia Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 189.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 114.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Contradens Haas, 1911)
Type species: Unio verbecki Martens, 1897 (orig. desig.) = Lens contradens

Attributed Nominal Species

Aspatharia rugata Modell, 1942
‘Dunker’ Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 177.
(error for Anodonta rugifera Dunker, 1858)

Bartlettia stefaninii Modell, 1942
‘Moricand’ of Authors.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Stansbery & Soehngen, 1964. Sterkiana 14: 10.
(error for Etheria stefanensis Moricand, 1856)

Unio verbeeki Haas, 1914
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
‘(Boettger) v. Martens’ Haas, 1914. Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 49): 198.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 189.
‘Martens’ Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 101.
‘Martens’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N420.
‘(Martens)’ Brandt, 1974. Arch. Moll. 105: 289.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1064.
(error for Unio verbecki Martens, 1897)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792

Anodontites tenebricosa (Lea, 1834)

Aspatharia petersi (von Martens, 1860) = Chambardia petersi

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Aspatharia rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia rugata [sic] (Dunker, 1858) = Aspatharia rugifera
+ Spatha kamerunensis Walker, 1910

Bartlettia stefaninii [sic] (Moricand, 1856) = Bartlettia stefanensis

Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer

Contradens (s.s.) contradens (Lea, 1848) [sic] = Lens contradens

Contradens (Sprickia) rusticus (Lea, 1856) = Lens contradens

Contradens (Sprickia) verbeeki [sic] (v. Martens, 1897) = Lens contradens

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae (Gray, 1834)

Diplasma vitrea Rafinesque, 1831
+ Unio olivarius Lea, 1831

Diplasma vitrea Rafinesque, 1831 = Indonaia olivaria

Elliptio niger (Rafinesque, 1820) = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Glabaris mortonianus (Lea, 1834) = Anodontites patagonica

Glabaris patagonicus (Lamarck, 1819) = Anodontites patagonica

Glabaris trapesialis Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta exotica Lamarck, 1819

Glabaris trigonus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trigona

Heudeana murinum (Heude, 1883) = Ptychorhynchus murinum

Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hyriopsis delphinus (Gruner, 1841) = Hyriopsis bialata

Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamprotula nodulosa (Wood, 1875) [sic] = Aculamprotula nodulosa

Lampsilis ovatus (Say, 1816) = Lampsilis ovata

Lortiella rugata (Sowerby, 1868)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monocondylaea paraguayana Orbigny, 1835

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)

Nannonaia caerulea (Lea, 1831) = Indonaia caerulea

Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774)

Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820 = Pleurobema clava
+ Unio clava Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio clavus Conrad, 1835

Prisodon syrmatophorus van Meuschen, 1781

Propehyridella nepeanensis (Conrad, 1850) = Hyridella australis

Pseudavicula johnstoni (Smith, E.A., 1893) = Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis

Pseudodon inoscularis (Gould, 1844)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Rectidens orientalis (Lea, 1840) = Elongaria orientalis

Spathopsis wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Trigonodus cristonensis (Meek) = Antediplodon cristonensis

Trigonodus gallinensis (Meek) = Antediplodon gallinensis

Trigonodus sandbergeri v. Alberti, 1864

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Velesunio balonnensis (Conrad, 1850) = Velesunio ambiguus

 
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