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

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Publication Martens (1866): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Martens, E.v. 1866. Ueber einige afrikanische Binnenconchylien. Malakozoologische Blätter 13: 91-110. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium amnicum var. elongatum Martens, 1866
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
(misidentified reference to Pisidium amnicum var. elongata Baudon, 1857)

Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866
Cailliaud, 1823. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 60, fig. 12 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Audouin in Savigny, 1827. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, fig. 1 [as ‘Anodonta rubens’].
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 9.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102 [as ‘cailliaudi’].
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 89.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 896.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1316.
(error for Spatha caillaudi Martens, 1866)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0196, Le Nil.

Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_8590, Sudl. Abyssinien.

 
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