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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Benoit (1875): summary publication summary Complete CitationBenoit, C.L. 1875. Catalogo delle conchiglie terrestri e fluviatili della Sicilla e della Isole Circostanti. Bollettino della Societa Malacologica Italiana 1: 128-163. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesCyclas ugiugali Benoit, 1875 ‘Biv. fl.’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: ??. [nomen nudum] | |
Pisidium mininum Benoit, 1875 ‘Studer’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 163. (misidentified reference to Cyclas minima Studer, 1820) | |
Pisidium nucleum Benoit, 1875 Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 1673. | |
Pisidium ovale Benoit, 1875 ‘Petit’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 163. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio pictorum Benoit, 1875 ‘Lamarck’ Benoit, 1875. Boll. Soc. Malac. Ital. 1: 163. (misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsCyclas calyculata Draparnaud + Cyclas ugiugali Benoit, 1875 + Cyclas lacustris Pfeiffer, 1821 Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud = Sphaerium lacustre Pisidium casertanum Phil. = Euglesa casertana + Pisidium australe Philippi, 1836 + Pisidium stabileii Prime, 1870 + Pisidium planum Prime, 1870 + Pisidium lenticulare Dupuy, 1852 Pisidium nucleum Benoit Pisidium obliquum Nilssen = Pisidium amnicum Pisidium obtusale Nilsson + Cyclas minima Studer, 1820 + Pisidium ovale Benoit, 1875 + Pera gibba Leach, 1852 Pisidium obtusale Nilsson = Euglesa casertana Pisidium obtusale Nilsson = Euglesa ventricosa Unio aradae Philippi = Unio mancus Unio gargottae Philippi = Unio mancus Unio pictorum Lamarck
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