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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Maton & Rackett (1807): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Maton, W.G. & T. Rackett. 1807. A descriptive catalogue of the British Testacea. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 8: 17-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta racketti Bourguignat, 1881
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: pl. 3, fig. 3 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’].
Brown, 1844. Ill. Rec. Conch.: pl. 15, fig. 1 [as ‘A. ponderosa var.’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 291.

Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2, 4-5.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 37.

Mytilus anatinus Maton & Rackett, 1807
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 110, pl. 3a, fig. 4. [in part]
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: pl. 3, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

 
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