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Publication Jickeli (1874): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Jickeli, C.F. 1874. Funa der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Nord-Ost-Afrika’s. Nova Acta der Ksl. Leop.-Carol. Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 37(1): 1-352, 11 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta arcuata Martens, 1866
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)

Corbicula fluminalis Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 283, pl. 11, figs. 4-5.
(reference to Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminalis Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 283, pl. 11, fig. 8.
(reference to Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminalis Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 283, pl. 11, figs. 6-7.
(reference to Tellina fluminalis Müller, 1774)

Corbicula jickeli Clessin, 1879
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 289, pl. 2, fig. 12 [as ‘Corbicula pusilla’].
Clessin, 1879. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 163, pl. 29, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula pusilla Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 289, pl. 2, fig. 12.
(reference to Cyrena pusilla Philippi, 1846)

Corbicula zelebori Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 290, pl. 11, fig. 13.

Cyclas capensis Jickeli, 1874
‘Krauss’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 291.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas capensis Krauss, 1848; renamed Sphaerium subcapense Bourguignat, 1883)

Cyclas hartmanni Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 292, pl. 11, fig. 15.

Etheria caillaudi Cuvier, 1817
‘Ferussac’ of Authors.
Cuvier, 1817. Règne Animal 2: 130.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 230.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 281.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 64.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 316.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 320.
(error for Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824)

Eupera jickelii Bourguignat, 1883
‘Kraus’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 293, pl. 11, figs. 17 [as ‘Limosina ferruginea’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1883. Hist. Malac. Abyssinie: 134.

Limosina ferruginea Jickeli, 1874
‘Kraus’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 293, pl. 11, figs. 17. [in part]
(reference to Cyclas ferruginea Krauss, 1848)

Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900
‘Phil.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 276, pl. 11, figs. 3-3b [as ‘U. teretiusculus’]. [in part]
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 826.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 579 [as ‘Unio jickeli’].

Spatha lepsii Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265, pl. 9, fig. 1.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_37438, Nil.

Spatha marnoi Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 264, pl. 8, fig. 3.
Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN XXX_UNKNOWN, Ethiopia.

Unio abyssinicus Jickeli, 1874
‘von Martens’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 278, pl. 9, fig. 5; pl. 10, fig. 10.
(reference to Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866)

Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874
‘Fér.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): pl. 10, fig. 7. [in part]
(reference to Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827; reference to Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874)

Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874
‘Fer.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 271, pl. 10, figs. 1-3, 6, 8. [in part]
(reference to Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874
‘Fer.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): pl. 10, fig. 5. [in part]
(reference to Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827; reference to Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874)

Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874
‘Fer.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): pl. 10, fig. 4. [in part]
(reference to Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827; reference to Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874)

Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874
‘Fer.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): pl. 10, fig. 9. [in part]
(reference to Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827; reference to Unio aegyptiacus Jickeli, 1874)

Unio aeneus Jickeli, 1874
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 274, pl. 9, fig. 2.

Unio fourtaui Pallary, 1903
‘Phil.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 276, pl. 11, figs. 3-3b [as ‘U. teretiusculus’]. [in part]
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 95.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 49.

Unio gracilis Jickeli, 1874
‘Parreyss’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 280.
(intro'd as syn of Unio diminutus Lea, 1859)

Unio teretiusculus Jickeli, 1874
‘Phil.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 276, pl. 11, figs. 3-3b. [in part]
(reference to Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847)

 
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