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

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Bivalvia | ... | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta cygnea

nominal species Anodonta leprosa benacensis Gredler, 1859

Spinelli, 1851. Cat. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Prov. Brescia: 19. [nomen nudum]
‘Villa’ Gredler, 1859. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 9: 260.
Villa & Villa, 1871. Bull. Malac. Italiano: 94 [as ‘Anodonta benacensis’]. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta leprosa Drouët, 1883)

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969

= Anodonta (Euanodonta) benacensis (Villa) Gredler — Westerlund, 1890

= Anodonta (Arealiana) benacensis Villa, 1871 — Locard, 1890

= Anodonta benacensis Villa — Kobelt, 1886

= Anodonta benacensis Villa, 1841 — Bourguignat, 1883

= Anodonta (Arealiana) benacensis Villa, 1871 — Bourguignat, 1882

= Anodonta (Arealiana) benacensis Villa, 1871 — Bourguignat, 1881

+ Lea, 1870

+ Lea, 1852

= Anodonta benacensis Villa — Spinelli, 1851

 
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