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Publication Clessin (1877): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Clessin, S. 1877. Die Familie der Cycladeen. [in] H.C. Küster, Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 9(3): 41-160. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula alba Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 157, pl. 27, fig. 27-28.

Corbicula crassa Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 133, pl. 24, figs. 5-6.

Corbicula heuglini Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 139, pl. 25, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula indica Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 143, pl. 25, figs. 21-23.

Corbicula maltzaniana Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 132, pl. 24, figs. 3-4.

Corbicula meridionalis Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 142, pl. 25, figs. 15-17.

Corbicula natalensis Clessin, 1877
‘Krauss’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 155, pl. 27, figs. 19-21.

Corbicula rivina Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 139, pl. 25, figs. 3-4.

Corbicula rostrata Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 142, pl. 25, figs. 5-6.

Corbicula senegalensis Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 141, pl. 25, figs. 9-10.

Corbicula viridis Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 131, pl. 24, figs. 1-2.

Corbicula viridula Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 143, pl. 25, figs. 18-19.

Cyrena alabamensis Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 114, pl. 18, figs. 3-4.

Cyrena carolinensis Hanley, 1843
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 93.
Philippi, 1848. Abbild. Beschr. Conch. 3: 78.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 108.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 19.
(error for Cyrena caroliniensis Lamarck, 1818; error for Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801)

Cyrena cypriniformis Prime, 1870
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 143.
‘Prime’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 127.
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 26.
(error for Cyrena cyprinaeformis Prime, 1861)

Cyrena fontaneii Clessin, 1877
‘d’Orbigny’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 113.
(error for Cyrena fontainei d’Orbigny, 1846)

Cyrena rugulosa Clessin, 1877
‘Mousson’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 106, pl. 15, figs. 1-2.

Cyrena bengalensis var. umbonata Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 108, pl. 13, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818)

Pisidium acuminatum Martens, 1874
Clessin in Martens, 1874. Puteshestvie v Turkestan. Tom II 11(1): 37, pl. 3, fig. 32.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 44, pl. 5, figs. 4-6.

Pisidium cedrorum Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 42, pl. 4, figs. 22-23.

Pisidium colbeaui Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 48, pl. 5, figs. 21-23.

Pisidium demissum Clessin, 1874
Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149. [nomen nudum]
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 71, pl, 8, figs. 19-21.

Pisidium dorbignyi Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 62.
(new name for Cyclas pulchella d’Orbigny, 1835)

Pisidium foreli Clessin, 1874
Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149. [nomen nudum]
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 68, pl. 8, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium mirabile Clessin, 1877
‘Whittemore’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 49, pl. 6, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium obliquatum Martens, 1874
Clessin in Martens, 1874. Puteshestvie v Turkestan. Tom II 11(1): 36, pl. 3, fig. 31.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 43, pl. 5, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium obtusatum Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 41, pl. 4, figs. 19-21.

Pisidium ovatum Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 72, pl. 8, figs. 22-24.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 517, fig. 334.

Pisidium pileus Clessin, 1873
Clessin, 1873. Corrspbl. d. zool.-mineral. Ver. Regensburg: 160.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 47, pl. 5, figs. 18-20.

Pisidium sphaeriiforme Martens, 1874
Clessin in Martens, 1874. Puteshestvie v Turkestan. Tom II 11(1): 38, pl. 3, fig. 33.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 45, pl. 5, figs. 7-9.

Pisidium tumidum Clessin, 1877
‘Colbeau’ Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 47, pl. 5, figs. 13-15.

Pisidium turanicum Martens, 1874
Clessin in Martens, 1874. Puteshestvie v Turkestan. Tom II 11(1): 38, pl. 3, fig. 34.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 46, pl. 5, figs. 10-12.

Sphaerium dickinii Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 490, fig. 317.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 96, pl. 12, figs. 18-20.

Sphaerium dupplicatum Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 86, pl. 11, figs. 4-6.

Sphaerium fragile Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 95, pl. 11, figs. 18-26.

Sphaerium nitidum Westerlund, 1876
Clessin in Westerlund, 1876. Nach. Deuts. Mal. Ges. 8(8-9): 102.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 98, pl. 12, figs. 9-11.

Sphaerium oblongum Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 83, pl. 9, figs. 25-27.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 484.

Sphaerium sandbergeri Clessin, 1877
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 483, fig. 311.
Clessin, 1877. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 89, pl. 12, fig. 13-15.

 
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