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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Brown (1845): summary
publication summary Complete CitationBrown, T. 1845. Illustrations of the Land and Fresh Water Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with Figures, Descriptions, and Localities of All the Species. 144 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAlasmodon margaritiferus var. arcuata Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 3.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823) | |
Alasmodon margaritiferus var. olivacea Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 84, pl. 30*, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 115, pl. 23, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Anodon cygneus var. contorta Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 30, figs. 7-8.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 106, pl. 18, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Anodonta anatina Brown, 1845
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 101, pl. 13.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Anodonta browni Bourguignat, 1881
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 101, pl. 13 [as ‘A. anatina’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 222. | |
Anodonta cellensis Brown, 1845
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 12, fig. 1. [in part]
(reference to Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821) | |
Anodonta gallica Bourguignat, 1881
Sheppard, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: pl. 4, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
Chenu, 1845. Biblio. Conch. 1: 270, pl. 26, fig. 1.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 12, fig. 1 [as ‘A. cellensis’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 123. | |
Anodonta ponderosa Brown, 1845
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 15, fig. 1. [in part]
(reference to Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825) | |
Anodonta racketti Bourguignat, 1881
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: pl. 3, fig. 3 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’]. [in part]
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: pl. 15, fig. 1 [as ‘A. ponderosa var.’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 291. | |
Unio deshaysii Brown, 1844
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 81, pl. 32, figs. 1-4.
Brown, 1845. Ill. Land & Fr. Water Conch. Gr. Brit. & Ireland: 108, pl. 20, 3-4.
(error for Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831) | |
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