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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Mörch (1853): summary publication summary Complete CitationMörch, O.A.L. 1853. Acephala. Annulata Cirripedia. Echinodermata. Catalogus Conchyliorum Quae Reliquit D. Alphonso D’Aguirra & Gadnea Comes de Yoldi... 2. 74 pp. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraThere are 5 available nominal
genera attributed to this publication (11
total). Click here for a complete
list. Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta anatina monstrosa Brot, 1867 Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. monstrosa’]. [nomen nudum] Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): [42,] pl. 7, fig. 2. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Anodonta cygnea lingua Mörch, 1863 ‘Yoldi’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. lingua’]. [nomen nudum] ‘(Yoldi)’ Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 83. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Diplodon parallelepipedum Mörch, 1853 ‘Lea’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 47. (error for Unio parallelopipedon Lea, 1834) | |
Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828 ‘Gmelin’ of Authors. Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63. Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16. Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48. Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438. Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22. Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1]. Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211. Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119. Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81. (error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791) | |
Pleiodon macmurtrei Conrad, 1834 ‘Conrad’ of Authors. Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225. Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49. Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 443. Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 601. Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57. Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151. (incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834) | |
Unio carolinensis Mörch, 1853 ‘Bosc’ of Authors. Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46. Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): 33. (error for Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801) | |
Unio metanever Lea, 1829 ‘Rafinesque’ of Authors. Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 418. Jay, 1835. Cat. Rec. Shells: 17. Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 179. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 48. Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 252. Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44. Lewis, 1871. Amer. J. Conch. 6: 218. Lea, 1871. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 23: 15 [as ‘Margarita (Unio) metanever’]. (reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) metanevra Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Unio suborbiculatus Conrad, 1836 ‘Hildreth’ of Authors. Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(4): 35. Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 46. (error for Unio orbiculatus Hildreth, 1828) | |
Unio (Obovaria) orbicularis Mörch, 1853 Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio (Scalenaria) scalenarius Mörch, 1853 ‘Raf.’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 44. (error for Obliquaria (Scalenaria) scalenia Rafinesque, 1820) | |
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