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

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Publication Küster (1862): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Küster, H.C. 1862. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 257-318, pls. 68, 87-100. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lampsilis (Cyrtonaias) tampicoensis kusteriana Frierson, 1927
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘Unio tampicoënsis’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 85, sp. 383d.
Type(s): TYPE LOST XXX_UNKNOWN, [locality unknown].

Margaritana correyana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 300.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 173.

Margaritana fragilis Küster, 1862
‘Mousson’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 45. [nomen nudum]
‘Mousson’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 295, pl. 98, fig. 2.

Margaritana holstoniana Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 302.

Margaritana marginata Küster, 1862
‘Say’ of Authors.
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 297, pl. 99, fig. 3.
Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 51, sp. 267.

Monocondylaea rhomboidea Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 304, pl. 100, fig. 7.

Unio bullatus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.

Unio gabonensis Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 291, pl. 97, fig. 7.
Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN, Gabon in West Africa.

Unio kotschyi Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, fig. 5.

Unio modulatus Küster, 1862
‘Raf.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 311.

Unio murchinsonianus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.

Unio orientalis Küster, 1862
‘Parreis in sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267.

Unio parreissii Küster, 1862
‘von dem Busch’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 268.

Unio placidus Küster, 1862
‘Lea Mss.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 262, pl. 88, fig. 2.

Unio pumilio Küster, 1862
‘Parreiss is sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 268, pl. 90, fig. 7.

Unio rugosus Küster, 1862
‘Gmelin’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 290, pl. 97, fig. 5.

Unio saccatus Küster, 1862
‘Anthony’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 263, pl. 89, fig. 2.

Unio semiplicatus Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 279, pl. 94, fig. 4.

Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1862
Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 280, pl. 94, figs. 5-6.

Unio spathulatus Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 261.

Unio tabascoensii Küster, 1862
‘Charp.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.

Unio tampicoensis Küster, 1862
‘Lea’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 275, pl. 93, fig. 1 [as ‘tampicoënsis’].

Unio tavoiensis Küster, 1862
‘Gould’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 309.

Unio turcicus Küster, 1862
‘Parreiss in sched.’ Küster, 1862. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 267, pl. 90, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_47-5-28-1-2, Brussna.
 
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