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Publication Westerlund (1873): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Westerlund, C.A. 1873. Fauna Molluscorum Terrestrum et Fluviatilium Sveciæ, Norvegiæ et Daniæ (2). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Calyculina Clessin, 1872
Clessin, 1872. Malak. Blatt. 19: 159.
Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 490, 515.
Type species: Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806 = Sphaerium lacustre

Carneola Westerlund, 1873
Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 490.
(error for Corneola Westerlund, 1873)

Corneola Westerlund, 1873
Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 503.
(homonym of Held, 1837 [Gastrop.])
Type species: Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphaerium corneum

Fluminina Westerlund, 1873
‘Clessin MS’ Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 529.
Type species: Tellina amnica Müller, 1774 = Pisidium amnicum

Fossarina Westerlund, 1873
Clessin in Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 535.
(homonym of Adams & Angas, 1863 [Gastro.]; renamed Clessinia Piaget, 1913)
Type species: Pisidium obtusale Pfeiffer, 1821 = Euglesa ventricosa

Rivulina Westerlund, 1873
Clessin in Westerlund, 1873. Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 532.
(homonym of Fleuriau de Belleville, 1820; Lea, 1851 [both Mollusca])
Type species: Pisidium supinum Schmidt, 1850 = Euglesa supina

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 14 available nominal species attributed to this publication (17 total).
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