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

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Publication Fischer von Waldheim (1807): summary
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Complete Citation

Fischer von Waldheim. 1807. Muséum-Demidoff (mis en ordre systématique et décrit par G. Fischer) : Ou catalogue ... des curiosités de la Nature et de l'Art. données à l'Université impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. 300 pp., 6 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodonte Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Mus. Démidoff: 250.
Fischer, 1823. Mém. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 6: 239.
(new name for Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 = Anodonta cygnea

Attributed Nominal Species

Modiola rufa Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Mus. Démidoff: 250.
 
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