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Publication Clessin (1879): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Clessin, S. 1879. Die Familie der Cycladeen. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9(3): 161-282. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Batissa manilensis Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 215, pl. 37, fig. 2.

Batissa obtusa Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 220, pl. 42, fig. 5.

Batissa semperi Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 214, pl. 37, fig. 1.

Batissa sphaericola Clessin, 1879
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 207.
(error for Batissa sphaericula Prime, 1862)

Corbicula cashmirensis Hanley & Theobald, 1875
‘Deshayes’ of Authors.
Hanley & Theobald, 1875. Conch. Indica (7): 55, pl. 133, figs. 2-3.
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 166.
Nesemann et al., 2007. Aquat. Invert. Ganga 1: 14.
(error for Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1854)

Corbicula doenitziana Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 197, pl. 39, fig. 4.

Corbicula elongata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 186, pl. 32, figs. 19-20.

Corbicula glabra Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 192, pl. 39, fig. 3.

Corbicula hohenackeri Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 177, pl. 31, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula inflata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 179, pl. 31, figs. 14-15.

Corbicula javana Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 180, pl. 31, figs. 16-17.

Corbicula jickeli Clessin, 1879
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 289, pl. 2, fig. 12 [as ‘Corbicula pusilla’].
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 163, pl. 29, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula manillensis Prime, 1860
‘Philippi’ of Authors.
Prime, 1860. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 12: 271.
Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 4.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 133.
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 187.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 13.
(error for Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844)

Corbicula martensii Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 38, figs. 17-18.

Corbicula nilotica Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 177, pl. 31, fig. 3.

Corbicula oblonga Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 267, pl. 46, fig. 18.

Corbicula ovata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 167, pl. 29, figs. 15-16.

Corbicula picta Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 179, pl. 31, figs. 12-13.

Corbicula regia Clessin, 1879
‘Benson’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 267, pl. 43, fig. 5.

Corbicula reiniana Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 196, pl. 39, figs. 8-9.

Corbicula subsulcata Clessin, 1879
‘Dunker’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 164, pl. 29, figs. 5-6.

Corbicula sulcata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 188, pl. 32, figs. 17-18.

Corbicula surinamica Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 178, pl. 31, figs. 7-9.

Corbicula umbonata Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 161, pl. 28, figs. 13-15.

Corbicula venustula Clessin, 1879
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 173, pl. 30, figs. 18-19.
(reference to Corbicula venustula Prime, 1867)

Corbicula violacea Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 180, pl. 30, figs. 18-19.
(homonym of Corbicula violacea Prime, 1861)

Corbicula fluminea var. moussoni Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 154.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula moussoni Deshayes, 1854)

Cyclas?? tumida Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): ??.

Cyrena californica Prime, 1865
Prime, 1865. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. (145): 23.
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 142.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 232.
(error for Cyrena californiensis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena childreni Hanley, 1843
‘Gray’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 93.
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 212.
(error for Cyrena childrenae Gray, 1825)

Cyrena corbiculiformis Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 141.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 225.
(error for Cyrena corbiculaeformis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena mactriformis Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 145.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 237.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 29.
(error for Cyrena mactraeformis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena tenebricosa Clessin, 1879
‘Hindson’ [sic] Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 211.
‘Hinds’ Hadl, 1976. Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 80: 438.
(error for Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842)

Cyrena tennetii Clessin, 1879
‘Hanley’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 240.
(error for Cyrena tennentii Hanley, 1858)

Pisidium mighelsianum Clessin, 1879
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): ??.

Pisidium minus Clessin, 1879
‘Mighels in coll.’ Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): ??. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium mighelsianum Clessin, 1879)

 
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