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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Lamarck (1801): summary publication summary Complete CitationLamarck, J.B. 1801. Systême des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des orders et des genres de ces animaux. 432 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAnodonta Lamarck, 1799 Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: ??. Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 87. Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 83. Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Anodonta cygnea Glycimeris Lamarck, 1801 Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 126. Type species: Glycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801 = Cyrtodaria siliqua Gryphaea Lamarck, 1801 Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: ??. Modiola Lamarck, 1801 Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 115. (error for Modiolus Lamarck, 1799) Petricola Lamarck, 1801 Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 121. Plicatula Lamarck, 1801 Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: ??. Attributed Nominal SpeciesGlycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801 Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 192, pl. 198, fig. 1934. [non-binomial] Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 126. | |
Pandora margaritacea Lamarck, 1801 Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 137. | |
Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 3.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 2 [as Unio sp.]. Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: 425. Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 76, sp. 25. Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_UNKNOWN, France, common in the Seine. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Unio littoralis Lamarck, 1801 = Potomida littoralis
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