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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Vest (1866): summary publication summary Complete CitationVest, W.v. 1866. Ueber Margaritana Bonellii Fér. (Alasmodonta compressa Mke.). Verhandlungen und Mittheilungen des seibenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften (17): 193-201.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAlasmodonta Say, 1819 ‘Say’ of Authors. Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18]. Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275. Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131. Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417. Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289. Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421. Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43. Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499. Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197. Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1. (new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846) Microcondylaea Vest, 1866 Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 198. Type species: Unio (Alasmodonta) bonellii Férussac, 1827 (sub. desig. by Fischer, 1887: 1002) = Microcondylaea bonellii Taxonomic OpinionsMicrocondylaea bonellii (Fér.) + Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830 + Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825 Microcondylaea lata (Rafinesque) = Hemistena lata + Unio dehiscens Say, 1829
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