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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Férussac (1827): summary publication summary Complete CitationFérussac, A. 1827. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land und Süsswasser-mollusken. — Histoire naturelle des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l’Allemagne. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie 10: 413-417. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAlasmodonta Say, 1819 ‘Say’ of Authors. Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18]. Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275. Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131. Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417. Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289. Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421. Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25. Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43. Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32. Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499. Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197. Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1. (new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846) Attributed Nominal Species
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodonta piscinalis Nilsson = Anodonta anatina Anodonta ponderosa Pfeiffer = Anodonta anatina Anodonta ventricosa Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea Unio elongatula Mûhlf. = Unio elongatulus Unio margaritifera Linn. Drap. = Margaritifera margaritifera Unio rostrata Lam.? = Unio pictorum Unio sinuata Lam. = Pseudunio auricularius Unio tumida Nilsson = Unio tumidus Unio (Alasmodonta) bonellii = Microcondylaea bonellii + Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
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