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Publication Kobelt (1879): summary
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Complete Citation

Kobelt, W. 1879. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten von E.A. Rossmässler 7. 94 pp., pls. 179-208.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta piscinalis Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 35, pl. 194, fig. 1959.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822)

Anodonta scaldina Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: pl. 194, fig. 1960.
(error for Anodonta scaldiana Dupuy, 1850; reference to Anodonta scaldiana Dupuy, 1850)

Anodonta idrina var. trasymenica Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 35, pl. 194, fig. 1958.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta idrina Spinelli, 1851)
Type(s): TYPE SMF_4351, Trasymenischer See [Lake Trasimeno], Italien [Italy].

Unio cumensis Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 33, pl. 192, fig. 1952-1953.

Unio cumensis Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: pl. 192, fig. 1953. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio cumensis Kobelt, 1879)

Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 32, pl. 192, fig. 1950.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788; renamed Unio tumidus var. borysthenicus Servain, 1888)

Unio tumidus var. borysthenicus Servain, 1888
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 32, pl. 192, fig. 1950 [as ‘borysthenensis’].
‘Kobelt’ Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.
(new name for Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1879)

Unio tumidus var. rohrmanni Kobelt, 1879
Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 32, pl. 192, fig. 1951.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta idrina = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta idrina var. trasymenica m. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta piscinalis var. ? = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta scaldiana Dupuy = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta vescoiana Bourguignat

Unio byzantinus Parreyss = Unio vicarius

Unio ceratinus Drouët, 1879 = Unio elongatulus

Unio cumensis n. sp. = Unio mancus

Unio dalmaticus Drouët, 1879 = Unio elongatulus

Unio desectus Westerlund

Unio elongatula sec. Drouët = Unio elongatulus

Unio eucirrus Bourguignat

Unio kleciaki Drouët, 1879 = Unio elongatulus

Unio lusitanus Drouët = Unio mancus

Unio schwerzenbachi Parr. = Unio bruguierianus

Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. rohrmanni = Unio tumidus

 
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