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

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Publication Zittel (1881): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Zittel, K.v. 1881. Palæozoologie II. Band. Mollusca und Arthropoda. Handbuch der Palaeontologie 1. 893 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aetheria Oken, 1818
Oken, 1818. Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827. unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)

Barbalia Zittel, 1881
‘Humphrey’ Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 59.
(error for Barbala Gray, 1825)
Type species: Dipsas plicatus Leach, 1814 = Cristaria plicata

Muelleria Menke, 1828
‘Férussac’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 98 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 61 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 533.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
(error for Mulleria Férussac, 1824)

Attributed Nominal Species

Dreissena (Congeria) conglobata Zittel, 1881
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 43, fig. 56.
(error for Congeria subglobosa Partsch, 1835)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta antiqua d’Orb.

Anodonta arenacea Fraas

Anodonta gardanensis Math.

Anodonta lavateri Mstr.

Anodonta lettica Quenst.

Dreissena brardi Faujas = Dreissena rostriformis

Dreissena rhomboidea Hoernes = Congeria rhomboidea

Dreissena subglobosa Partsch sp. = Congeria subglobosa

Dreissena (Dreissenomya) schröckingeri Fuchs = Dreissenomya schroeckingeri

Spatha galloprovincialis Math. = Dentaspatharia galloprovincialis

Unio batavus Nilss. = Unio crassus

Unio cretaceus Zitt.

Unio danae M. u. H. = Fusconaia danai

Unio eseri Krauss

Unio flabellatus Goldf. = Pseudunio flabellata

Unio menkei Dunk.

Unio michaudi Desh. = Propotomida michaudi

Unio pictorum L.

Unio porrectus Sow.

Unio priscus M. u. H. = Plesielliptio priscus

Unio stachei Neumayr

Unio toulouzani Math.

Unio truncatosus Mich.

Unio valdensis Mant. = Margaritifera valdensis

Unio wetzleri Dunk.

Uniona leukarti Pohlig

Uniona maritima Pohlig
 
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