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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Bosc (1801): summary publication summary Complete CitationBosc, L.A.G. 1801. Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. Avec figures dessinees d'apres nature. 3 (1st ed.). 292 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAttributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta fluviatilis Bosc, 1801 ‘Gmelin’ of Authors. Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 146. Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 316 [’Mytilus fluviatilis’]. Bosc, 1824. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 143. (misidentified reference to Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791) | |
Anodonta stagnalis Bosc, 1801 ‘Gmelin’ Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 146. (reference to Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791) | |
Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801 Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: pl. 18, fig. 4. | |
Erodona mactroides Bosc, 1801 Daudin in Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: ??. | |
Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801 Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 142. Bosc, 1824. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 139, pl. 23, fig. 2. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) Anodonta dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia Anodonta fluviatilis (Gmelin, 1791) = Atlanticoncha ochracea Anodonta stagnalis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea Anodonta zellensis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801 = Uniomerus carolinianus Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera + Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791 + Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Pseudunio auricularius Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) + Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791 Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio crassus
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