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

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Publication Colbeau (1868): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Colbeau, J. 1868. Liste générale des Mollusques vivants de la Belgique dressée d’après les documents publiés par les auters. Annales de la Société malacologique de Belgique 3: 85-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta fallax Colbeau, 1868
Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107, pl. 3, fig. 3.

Anodonta kickxi Colbeau, 1868
Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107, pl. 3, fig.1.

Anodonta cygnea var. rossmässleri Colbeau, 1868
‘De Malz’ Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107.
(error for Anodonta cygnea var. rossmasleri Malzine, 1867)

Anodonta kickxii var. interrogationis Colbeau, 1868
Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 107, pl. 3, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta kickxi Colbeau, 1868)

Unio cuneolus Colbeau, 1868
‘Pffr.’ Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106. [nomen nudum]

Unio batavus var. belgicus Colbeau, 1868
Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106, pl. 4, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Unio batavus var. fontainei Colbeau, 1868
‘Lecomte’ Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Unio batavus var. incurvatus Colbeau, 1868
Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106, pl. 4, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau, 1868
Colbeau, 1868. Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique 3: 106, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina L.

Anodonta anatina var. coarctata Potiez = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta avonensis Mtg = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta complanata Zgl. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta complanata var. elongata Holand. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta cygnea L.

Anodonta cygnea var. cellensis Pffr. = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta cygnea var. intermedia Lam. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. rossmässleri De Malz. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. ventricosa Pffr. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta fallax J. Colb. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta kickxi J. Colb. = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta ponderosa Kickx, 1830
+ Anodonta subponderosa Dupuy, 1849

Anodonta kickxi var. interrogationis J. Colb. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta variabilis Drap. = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822

Anodonta variabilis Drap. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta variabilis var. rostrata Kok. = Anodonta anatina

Margaritana margaritifera L. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritana margaritifera var. elongata Lam. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. belgicus J. Colb. = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. fontainei Lecomte = Unio crassus

Unio batavus var. incurvatus J. Colb. = Unio tumidus

Unio batavus var. ovalis Mtg. = Unio tumidus

Unio cuneolus Pffr.

Unio elongatulus

Unio lambottei De Malz. = Unio crassus

Unio pictorum L.

Unio pictorum var. flavescens Moq. = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum var. rostratus Lam. = Unio pictorum

Unio rhomboideus Schröt. = Potomida littoralis

Unio robianoi De Malz. = Unio tumidus

Unio robianoi var. inflatus De Malz. = Unio tumidus

Unio ryckholtii De Malz. = Unio crassus

Unio ryckholtii var. cuneatus De Malz. = Unio crassus

Unio sinuatus Lam. = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio tumidus Philipn.

Unio tumidus var. heckingi J. Colb. = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. lacustris Rossm. = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. radiatus J. Colb. = Unio tumidus

 
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