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Publication Amalitzky (1895): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Amalitzky, V. 1895. A comparison of the Permian freshwater Lamellibranchiata from Russia with those from the Karoo System of South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51: 337-351. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Palaeanodonta Amalitzky, 1895
Amalitzki, 1891. Sitzunb. biol. Abth. d. Warschauernaturh. Ges. 2(7): 3. [nomen nudum]
Amalitzky, 1895. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London 51: 346 [as ‘Palæanodonta’].
Type species: Unio castor Eichwald, 1895 (orig. desig.)

Palaeomutela Amalitzky, 1892
Amalitzky, 1892. Palaeontogr. 39(4-6): 159.
Amalitzky, 1895. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London 51: 341 [as ‘Palæomutela’].
Type species: Palaeomutela verneuilli Amalitzky, 1892 (sub. desig. by Weir, 1969: ??)

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 11 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Palaeomutela aff. golowkinskiana Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela aff. orthodonta Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela cf. keyserlingi Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela cf. lævis Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela cf. ovalis Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela murchisoni, var. Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela ovata (Sharpe, 1852)

Palaeomutela plana Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela rhomboidalis (Sharpe, 1852)
+ Palaeomutela inostranzewi Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela semilunata Amalitzky, 1892

Palaeomutela trigonalis Amalitzky, 1892

Palæanodonta castor (Eichw.)

Palæanodonta okensis (Amalitzky, 1892)

Palæanodonta subcastor (Amalitzky, 1892)

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