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Publication Fischer & Crosse (1894): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Fischer, P. & H. Crosse. 1894. Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amerique Central, Recherches Zoologiques 2(15): 489-576. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

There are 22 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (22 total).
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Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 110.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 522, pl. 64, figs. 7-7a.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1656, Mexique, Lac de Chalco.

Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 40: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518, pl. 64, figs. 8-11.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN-IM-2000-1657, Mexique, Lac de Tchapala.

Anodonta ciconia Carpenter, 1857
‘Gould’ of Authors.
Carpenter, 1857. Maz. Shells: 117.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 534, pl. 68, 78, figs. 2-2a.
Martens, 1900. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 536, pl. 41, fig. 4.
(reference to Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851)

Anodonta tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 41: 32.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 526, pl. 70, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1798, Mexique, Cacoprieto, Isthmo de Tehuantepec.

Anodonta cylindracea var. subarcuatula Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 528.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cylindracea Lea, 1838)

Unio usumasintae Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893. J. de Conch. 40: 294 [as ‘usumasintæ’].
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 574, pl. 63, fig. 4; pl. 67, fig. 5 [as ‘usumasintæ’].
(renamed Unio usumacintae Martens, 1900)

Unio scutulatus var. B obliterata Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 561, pl. 59, fig. 5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio scutulatus Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2015, S. Geronimo, Yucatan, Mexico.

Unio scutulatus var. G secabilis Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 561, pl. 59, fig. 6.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio scutulatus Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2016, S. Geronimo, Yucatan, Mexico.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta impura Say, 1829

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Anodonta impura

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1892 = Anodonta impura

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) coarctata Anton, 1839 = Anodonta impura

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) exilior Lea, 1871 = Anodonta impura

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) viridana Clessin, 1876 = Anodonta impura
+ Anodon glabrus Sowerby, 1870

Anodonta (Euryanodon) bambousearum (A. Morelet, 1851) = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodonta (Euryanodon) cylindracea I. Lea, 1838 = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodonta (Euryanodon) cylindracea var. B subarcuatula = Anodontites cylindracea

Anodonta (Mesanodon) henryana Lea, 1857 = Utterbackia imbecillis

Anodonta (Mesanodon) lurulenta Morelet, 1849 = Anodonta lurulenta

Anodonta (Mesanodon) strebeli Lea, 1868 = Anodontites cylindracea
+ Margaron (Anodonta) strebellii Lea, 1870

Anodonta (Mesanodon) tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893 = Anodontites tehuantepecensis

Anodonta (Pseudoleila) ciconia (Gould, 1851) = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodonta glauca var. sinaloensis Crosse & Fischer, 1884
+ Anodon glaucus Sowerby, 1870

Anodonta (Pyganodon) glauca Valenciennes in Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosa I. Lea, 1841 = Pyganodon grandis

Anodonta (Pyganodon) grijalvæ A. Morelet, 1884 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Anodonta grijoloae Paetel, 1890

Anodonta (Pyganodon) nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867 = Pyganodon grandis
+ Margaron (Anodonta) napolatensis Lea, 1870

Anodonta (Pyganodon) tabascensis A. Morelet, 1884 = Pyganodon grandis

Dreissensia [sic] americana Récluz

Dreissensia [sic] cumingiana Dunker = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Dreissensia [sic] domingensis Récluz = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] ecuadoriana Clessin = Mytilopsis trautwineana

Dreissensia [sic] gundlachi Dunker = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] leucophæata Conrad = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Dreissensia [sic] milleri Clessin = Mytilopsis trautwineana

Dreissensia [sic] mörchiana Dunker = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] pfeifferi Dunker = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] riisei Dunker = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] rossmässleri Dunker = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] sallei Récluz = Mytilopsis sallei

Dreissensia [sic] trautwineana Tryon = Mytilopsis trautwineana

Unio (Amphinaias) couchianus I. Lea, 1860 = Quadrula couchiana

Unio (Delphinonaias) delphinulus A. Morelet, 1849 = Delphinonaias largillierti

Unio (Disconaias) discus I. Lea, 1838 = Disconaias disca
+ Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843
+ Unio mexicanus Sowerby, 1867

Unio (Disconaias) discus I. Lea, 1838 = Disconaias panacoensis

Unio (Phyllonaias) paludosus Morelet, 1849 = Delphinonaias largillierti

Unio (Phyllonaias) planivalvis A. Morelet, 1851 = Delphinonaias planivalvis

Unio (Phyllonaias) scutulatus A. Morelet, 1849 = Delphinonaias scutulata

Unio (Phyllonaias) scutulatus var. B obliterata = Delphinonaias scutulata

Unio (Phyllonaias) scutulatus var. G, secabilis = Delphinonaias scutulata

Unio (Plectomerus) digitatus Morelet, 1851 = Megalonaias nickliniana

Unio (Plectomerus) eightsii I. Lea, 1860 = Megalonaias nervosa
+ Unio eighti Paetel, 1890

Unio (Plectomerus) nicklinianus I. Lea, 1832 = Megalonaias nickliniana
+ Unio nicklianus Küster, 1861

Unio (Psoronaias) corium Reeve, 1864 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio (Psoronaias) morini A. Morelet, 1851 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio (Psoronaias) ostreatus Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias ostreata

Unio (Psoronaias) percompressus E. v. Martens, 1887 = Psoronaias percompressa

Unio (Psoronaias) pliciferus Lea, 1836 = Barynaias plexus
+ Unio carbonarius Lea, 1838
+ Unio plexus Conrad, 1838

Unio (Psoronaias) psoricus Morelet, 1851 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio (Psoronaias) semigranosus von dem Busch in Philippi, 1845 = Psoronaias semigranosa

Unio (Psoronaias) testudineus A. Morelet, 1849 = Psoronaias semigranosa
+ Unio semigranosus Reeve, 1864

Unio (Psoronaias) usumasintæ Crosse & Fischer, 1892 = Psoronaias usumasintae

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