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

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Publication Crosse & Fischer (1894): summary
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Complete Citation

Crosse, H. & P. Fischer. 1894. Diagnoses molluscorum novorum, Reipublicae Mexicanae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 41: 293-297. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio alienigenus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 294.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 590, pl. 65, figs. 5-5a; pl. 66, fig. 3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1634 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 207), Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Unio computatus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 601, pl. 67, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1662 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 132), Coatzacoalcos, Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Unio opacatus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 592, pl. 66, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1755, Mexique.

Unio pigerrimus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 293.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 582, pl. 65, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1761 (by Cummings et al., 2025: 316), Mexique.

Unio sphenorhynchus Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 296.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 617, pl. 66, fig. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1792, Mexique.

Unio tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1894
Crosse & Fischer, 1894. J. de Conch. 41: 296.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(16): 618, pl. 65, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN-IM-2000-1799, Mexique, Santa Efigenia. lac formé dans le cratère d'un volcan éteint.

 
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