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Publication Grimm (1877): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Grimm, O.A. 1877. Kaspinskoe more i ego fauna (2). Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Dreyssena Philippi, 1853
of Authors.
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 364.
Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 143.
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 71.
(error for Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

Adacna edentula Grimm, 1876
‘Pallas’ Grimm, 1876. Kaspinskoe Fauna: 142.
‘Pall.’ Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 64, pl. 8, figs. 11-13.
(misidentified reference to Mya edentula Pallas, 1771)

Cardium baeri Grimm, 1877
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 51, pl. 8, figs. 2-3.

Cardium barbotdemarnii Grimm, 1877
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 56, pl. 8, figs. 5-6 [as ‘barbot-de-marnii’].

Cardium catillus Grimm, 1877
‘Eichw.’ Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 58, pl. 8, figs. 7-9.
(misidentified reference to Monodacna catillus Eichwald, 1841)

Cardium longipes Grimm, 1877
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 54, pl. 8, fig. 4.

Cardium pseudocatillus Grimm, 1877
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 62, pl. 8, fig. 10.
(homonym of Cardium pseudocatillus Barbot de Marny, 1869)

Cardium pyramidatum Grimm, 1877
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 46, pl. 8, fig. 1.

Dreyssena [sic] brardii [sic] var. caspia Grimm, 1877
Grimm, 1877. Kaspinskoe Fauna (2): 74, pl. 8, fig. 15.
(homonym of Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855; renamed Dreissensia grimmi Andrusov, 1897)

Taxonomic Opinions

Adacna edentula Pall. = Monodacna polymorpha

Adacna laeviuscula Eichw.

Adacna plicata Eichw. = Hypanis plicata

Adacna vitrea Eichw.

Cardium baeri sp. n. = Didacna baeri

Cardium barbot-de-marnii sp. n. = Didacna barbotdemarnii

Cardium caspia Eichw. = Monodacna caspia

Cardium catillus Eichw.
+ Adacna protracta Eichwald, 1841

Cardium catillus Eichw. = Didacna protracta

Cardium crassum Eichw. = Didacna eichwaldi

Cardium edule L. = Cerastoderma edule

Cardium longipes sp. n. = Didacna longipes

Cardium pseudocatillus Abich.? = Monodacna albida

Cardium pyramidatum sp. n. = Didacna pyramidata

Cardium trigonoides Pall. = Didacna trigonoides

Dreyssena [sic] brardii var. caspia m. = Dreissena grimmi

Dreyssena [sic] caspia Eichw. = Dreissena caspia

Dreyssena [sic] polymorpha V. Ben. = Dreissena polymorpha

Dreyssena [sic] rostriformis Desh. = Dreissena rostriformis

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