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

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Publication Kickx (1830): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Kickx, J. 1830. Resp. Specimen inaugurale exhibens Synopsin Molluscorum Brabantiae australi indigenorum Præs. F. J. Adelmann. 90 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta ponderosa Kickx, 1830
‘Pffr.’ Kickx, 1830. Synopsin Molluscorum Brabantiae: 81.
(reference to Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825)

Unio lemovicensis Kickx, 1830
‘Daud.’ Kickx, 1830. Synopsin Molluscorum Brabantiae: 82.
(error for Unio lemovicincae Férussac, 1807)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea Pfeiff.
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806

Anodonta cygnea Pfeiff. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta ponderosa Pfeiff. = Anodonta anatina
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807

Anodonta ventricosa Pfeiff. = Anodonta cygnea

Unio batava Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio margaritifera Pfeiff. = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio lemovicincae Férussac, 1807

Unio margaritifera Pfeiff. = Unio crassus

Unio pictorum Pfeiff.

Unio rostrata Lam. = Unio pictorum

Unio tumida Pfeiff. = Unio tumidus

 
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