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Publication Clessin (1876): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Clessin. 1876. Genus Anodonta Cuv. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon glaucus Sowerby, 1870
‘Valenciennes’ of Authors.
Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 27, sp. 105.
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 222, pl. 73, fig. 4.
(reference to Anodonta glauca Valenciennes, 1827)

Anodonta anatina Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 83, pl. 14, figs. 3-4. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta angustata Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 226, pl. 74, figs. 6-7.

Anodonta clessini Bourguignat, 1881
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 83, pl. 14, figs. 3-4 [as ‘A. anatina’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 287.

Anodonta exulcerata Clessin, 1876
‘Villa’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 127, pl. 40, figs. 3-4.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta exulcerata Porro, 1838)

Anodonta gibbosa Westerlund, 1890
‘Villa’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 127, pl. 40, figs. 3-4 [as ‘A. exulcerata’].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 264.
(homonym of Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824)

Anodonta martensii Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 181, pl. 63, fig. 2.

Anodonta schomburgkiana Clessin, 1876
‘Reeve’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 235, pl. 77, fig. 4.
(error for Anodon schomburgianus Sowerby, 1870)

Anodonta serpentina Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 223, pl. 75, figs. 2-3.

Anodonta undulifera Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 233, pl. 76, figs. 1-2.

Anodonta viridana Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 226, pl. 75, fig. 5.

Anodonta mutabilis diminuata Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 236, pl. 87, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877; renamed Anodonta diminuta Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta mutabilis fragilissima Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 237, pl. 87, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877; renamed Anodonta fragillima Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta mutabilis moerchiana Clessin, 1876
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 238, pl. 77, figs. 1-2 [as ‘mörchiana’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877)

 
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