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

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Publication Férussac (1827): summary
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Complete Citation

Férussac, 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 Genera

Alasmodonta 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

Unio (Alasmodonta) bonellii Férussac, 1827
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
(new name for Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825; renamed Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_4467, A.d. Lijak, Isonzo-Gebiet b. Gorz.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta 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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