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Publication Clessin (1890): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Clessin, S. 1890. II. Classe. Bivalvae, Muscheln. Die Molluskenfauna Oesterreich-Ungarns und der Schweiz (5): 700-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium loveni Clessin, 1890
Clessin, 1890. Moll.-fauna Oester. Schweiz (5): 765, fig. 503 [as ‘lovéni’].
(new name for Pisidium alpicola Suter, 1889)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta mutabilis Clessin = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta mutabilis var. cellensis [sic] Schröter = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta anatina elongata Brot, 1867
+ Anodonta anatina major Brot, 1867

Anodonta mutabilis var. cygnea Linné = Anodonta cygnea

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