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Publication Modell (1931): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Modell, H. 1931. Die najaden der oberbayerischen cyrenenschichten. Palaeontographica 75: 63-80.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Ptychorhynchoideus Modell, 1931
Modell, 1931. Palaeontogr. 75: 71.
Modell, 1935. Arch. Moll. 67: 130.
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 109.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 101.
Type species: Ptychorhynchoideus gümbeli Modell, 1931 (orig. desig.) = Ptychorhynchoideus guembeli

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta bavarica Wolff, 1897

Margaritifera geyeri n. sp.

Margaritifera haushamensis nova forma

Margaritifera inaequiradiatus (Gümbel, 1861 )

Margaritifera latiplicata (Noulet, 1846)

Margaritifera schneideri n. sp.

Psilunio flexicostatus (Gümbel, 1861) = Potomida flexicostata
+ Unio inflatus Gümbel, 1861
+ Unio lavateri Gümbel, 1879
+ Unio umbonarius Wolff, 1897

Psilunio weberi nov. forma = Potomida weberi

Ptychorhynchoideus kolasii n. sp.

Unio baeuerleini nov. fa.

Unio imkelleri nov. forma

Unio weithoferi nov. forma

Unio wendli n. sp.

Unio wolffi n. sp.

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