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

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Publication Modell (1943): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Modell, H. 1943. Tertiäre Najaden III. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 75: 107-117. Available electronically.

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

Vanderschaliea Modell, 1943
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 112.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 91.
Type species: Ptychorhynchoideus kolasii Modell, 1931 (orig. desig.)

Attributed Nominal Species

Elliptio hoelzli Modell, 1943
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 111, pl. 1, figs. 3a-b.

Ptychorhynchoideus kolasii Modell, 1931
Modell, 1931. Palaeontogr. 75: 71, pl. 13, fig.s 7-9; pl . 14, figs. 15d-f.
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 113, pl. 1, figs. 4a-c [as ‘Vanderschaliea kolasii’].

Unio haessleini Modell, 1935
Modell, 1935. Arch. Moll. 67: 132, pl. 10, figs. 6-7.
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 114, pl. 1, figs. 6a-b.

Unio wendli Modell, 1931
Modell, 1931. Palaeontogr. 75: 73, pl. 14, figs. 1-4, 15h-k.
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 114.

Unio wolffi Modell, 1931
Modell, 1931. Palaeontogr. 75: 74, pl. 14, figs. 5-7, 14, 15n.
Modell, 1943. Arch. Moll. 75: 114.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta bavarica Wolff

Elliptio hoelzli n. spec.

Elliptio larteti Noulet, 1846

Margaritifera inaequiradiata Gümbel = Margaritifera inaequiradiatus

Psilunio flexicostatus Gümbel = Potomida flexicostata

Ptychorhynchoideus gümbeli Modell = Ptychorhynchoideus guembeli

Unio haessleini Modell, 1935

Unio wendli Modell

Unio wolffi Modell

Vanderschaliea kolasii (Modell, 1931)

 
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