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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
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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’]. [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.

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.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 3.
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: 110, pl. 3, fig. 3. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomic Opinions

Mya batava _ = Unio crassus

Mya margaritifera = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791

Mya margaritifera = Pseudunio auricularius

Mya ovalis = Unio tumidus
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802

Mya pictorum = Unio pictorum
+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
+ Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803

Mya pictorum = Unio tumidus

Mya pictorum = Unio crassus

Mytilus anatinus = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus anatinus Da Costa, 1778
+ Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819
+ Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803

Mytilus anatinus = Anodonta anatina

Mytilus cygneus = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus cygneus Schröter, 1779
+ Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819

Mytilus cygneus = Anodontites trapesialis

Mytilus cygneus = Anodonta anatina
 
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