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Publication Westerlund (1890): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Westerlund, C.A. 1890. Malacozoa Acephala. Fauna der in der Paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) Lebenden Binnenconchylien 2(7). 319 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta aeschmopsis Westerlund, 1890
‘Bourguignat’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 253.
(error for Anodonta aechmopsis Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta alpestris Bourguignat, 1881
‘Charpentier, mss.’ of Authors.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 256.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 276.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 255. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Anodonta palustris Férussac, 1822)

Anodonta arvenica Westerlund, 1890
‘Bourguignat’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 217.
(error for Anodonta arvernica Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta cystoptychia Westerlund, 1890
‘Bgt.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 210.
(error for Anodonta cyrtoptychia Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta eunotala Westerlund, 1890
‘Bourguignat’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 268.
(error for Anodonta eunotaia Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta forschhammeri Westerlund, 1890
‘Mörch’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 204, 297.
(error for Anodonta cygnea forchhammeri Mörch, 1863)

Anodonta fuscata Westerlund, 1890
‘Fer.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 296.
(error for Anodonta fucata Férussac, 1822)

Anodonta gibbosa Westerlund, 1890
‘Villa’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab.: 127, pl. 40, figs. 3-4 [as ‘A. exulcerata’].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 264.
(homonym of Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824)

Anodonta henriquezi Locard, 1884
‘Castro’ of Authors.
Locard, 1884. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 8: 11.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 68 [24].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 206.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 232.
Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 263.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 753.
(error for Anodonta henriquesi da Silva e Castro, 1883)

Anodonta klecaki Bourguignat, 1881
‘Drouët’ of Authors.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 275.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 261.
(error for Anodonta kleciaki Drouët, 1881)

Anodonta litoralis Westerlund, 1890
‘Drouet’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 206.
(error for Anodonta littoralis Drouët, 1889)

Anodonta ovalis Westerlund, 1890
‘Clessin’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 269.
(error for Anodonta oviformis Clessin, 1873)

Anodonta proboscidaea Westerlund, 1890
‘Z.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 297 [as ‘proboscidæa’]. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta stenorhyncha Westerlund, 1890
‘Kstr.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 299. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta tehernaica Westerlund, 1890
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 226.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 121.
(error for Anodonta tchernaica Bourguignat, 1881)

Anodonta trepedesta Westerlund, 1890
‘Locard’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 218.
(error for Anodonta thripedesta Locard, 1884)

Anodonta (Euanodonta) morrini Westerlund, 1890
‘Servain’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 243.
(error for Anodonta morini Servain, 1882)

Anodonta (Pseudanodonta) arasiana Westerlund, 1890
‘(Cout.) Loc.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 309.
(error for Pseudanodonta ararisana Locard, 1882)

Anodonta anatina platyrhyncha Westerlund, 1890
‘Kok. ap. Gallenst.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 297.
‘Gallenstein’ Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 76.
(error for Anodonta platyrhincha Gallenstein, 1852)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma ampla Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma coacta Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 214. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma erosa Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma firma Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma gracilis Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; homonym of Anodonta gracilis Lea, 1851; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma herbea Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma pallida Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 214. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; homonym of Anodon pallida J.G. Anthony, 1865; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma tenella Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. ovata forma tenera Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 213. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta ovata of Authors, unknown year)

Anodonta cellensis var. solearis forma vasta Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 212. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis var. solearis Küster, 1839)

Anodonta limpida forma italica Westerlund, 1890
‘(Bourguignat)’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 248.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta limpida Clessin, 1874)

Dreissena polymorpha Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 318. [in part]
(reference to Mytulus polymorphus Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena bourguignati var. blanci Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 319.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Dreissensia bourguignati Locard, 1883)

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)

Margaritana margaritifera forma jetschini Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 185. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828
‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.
(error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)

Pisidium nitidum var. fedderseni Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 24.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium nitidum Jenyns, 1832)

Pseudanodonta grateloupiana Lea, 1852
‘Gassies’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 29.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 303.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 55 [11].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 217.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 264.
(error for Anodonta gratelupeana Gassies, 1849)

Unio anemprostus Westerlund, 1890
‘(Bgt.) Loc.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 175.
(error for Unio anemprosthus Locard, 1883)

Unio aradasis Westerlund, 1890
‘Kob.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 157.
(error for Unio aradasii Kobelt, 1876)

Unio christophori Servain, 1888
‘Adam’ of Authors.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 168.
(error for Unio cristophori Adami, 1886)

Unio cumanus Kobelt, 1881
Kobelt, 1881. Cat. Binnenconch.: 160.
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 31.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 159.
(error for Unio cumensis Kobelt, 1879)

Unio cuncetus Westerlund, 1890
‘Jacquemin’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 54.
(error for Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835)

Unio desectus Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879. Aperçu Faune Malac. Grèce: 147.
Drouët, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 22.
(Drouët) Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 73.

Unio gangraenosus Küster, 1855
‘Ziegler’ of Authors.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 124.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 81.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 130.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 46.
(error for Unio gangrenosus J.F. Schmidt, 1840)

Unio gaudiensis Westerlund, 1890
‘Drouët’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 55.
(error for Unio gandiensis Drouët, 1888)

Unio humerosus Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 136.
(homonym of Unio humerosus Lea, 1868; new name for Unio gredleri Adami, 1886)

Unio jonicus Kobelt, 1886
‘Drouët’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 43.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 153.
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 87.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 131.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 52.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): 578.
Lyubas et al., 2022. Diversity 14(11), 935: Table S3.
(error for Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879)

Unio jourdeuilhi Westerlund, 1890
‘Ray in Locard’ of Authors.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 138.
Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 124.
(error for Unio jourdheuili Locard, 1882)

Unio klecaki Westerlund, 1890
‘Drouët’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 114.
(error for Unio kleciaki Drouët, 1879)

Unio lagnysicus Locard, 1889
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 127 [21].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 84.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 154.
Dumas, 1895. Rev. Sci. Bourbonnais, Suppl.: 47.
Rochebrune, 1903. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 389.
Kobelt & Haas, 1910. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 17: 37.
(error for Unio lagnisicus Locard, 1882)

Unio limnaeus Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 136 [as ‘limnæus’].
(new name for Unio lacustris Drouët, 1888)

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio magistri Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 132.
(new name for Unio bourguignatianus Adami, 1886)

Unio middendorffi Westerlund, 1890
Middendorff, 1851. Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 276-277, pl. 28, figs. 1-3 [as Unio pictorum var. longirostris].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 113.
Type(s): NEOTYPE BIV229_5 (by Bolotov et al., 2020: Table S1), Gladkaya River, Primorye Region, Russia.

Unio monterosatoi Locard, 1889
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 156 [50].
‘Bgt.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 157.
(error for Unio monterosati Bourguignat, 1883)

Unio mossulensis Kobelt, 1886
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 22.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.
‘Lea’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 171.
(error for Unio mosulensis Lea, 1863)

Unio penchiuatianus Westerlund, 1890
‘Bgt.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 70.
(error for Unio penchinatianus Bourguignat, 1865)

Unio philippei Locard, 1882
‘Dupuy’ of Authors.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 284, 354.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 150 [44].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 161.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 37.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 183.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 732.
(new name for Unio philippii Dupuy, 1849)

Unio platyrhynchoideus Locard, 1882
‘Dupuy’ of Authors.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 297.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 154 [48].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 121.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 187.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 739.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 123.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 27.
Fauna Europaea, 2012. Fauna Europa: [web].
(error for Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849)

Unio ricianensis Westerlund, 1890
‘Bgt.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 165.
(error for Unio riciacensis Locard, 1882)

Unio royanus Locard, 1889
‘Locard’ of Authors.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 171 [65].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 110.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 737.
Prie, 2012. MalaCo 8: 432.
(error for Unio royianus Locard, 1889)

Unio sitifiensis Westerlund, 1890
‘Morel.’ Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 142.
(error for Unio sitifensis Morelet, 1851)

Unio vicarius Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879. Aperçu Faune Malac. Grèce: 147.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 72.

Unio acarnanicus var. messenicus Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
Westerlund in Westerlund & Blanc, 1879. Aperçu Faune Malac. Grèce: 144.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 59.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis var. acarnanicus Kobelt, 1879)

Unio rostratus var. episemus Westerlund, 1890
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 105.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819)

Unio sieversi var. kobelti Westerlund, 1890
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: pl. 53, fig. 286 [as ‘U. sieversi’].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 151.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio sieversi Drouët, 1881; homonym of Unio kobelti Neumayr, 1899)

Unio suborbicularis var. minor Locard, 1889
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 127 [21]. [nomen nudum]
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 84. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio suborbicularis Drouët, 1888)

 
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