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

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Publication Nilsson (1822): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Nilsson, S. 1822. Historia Molluscorum Sveciae Terrestrium et Fluviatilium Breviter Delineata. 124 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’].
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 133, pl. 12, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta anatina’].
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 116.

Anodonta sulcata Nilsson, 1822
‘Lamarck’ Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 113.
(reference to Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819)

Cyclas fontinalis Nilsson, 1822
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 101.
(reference to Cyclas fontinalis Draparnaud, 1806)

Cyclas obtusalis Nilsson, 1822
‘Lamarck’ Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 101.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas obtusalis Lamarck, 1818)

Unio ater Nilsson, 1822
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 11, fig. 5 [as ‘Unio margaritifera’].
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 107.

Unio batavus Nilsson, 1822
‘Lamarck’ Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 112.
(reference to Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Unio crassus Nilsson, 1822
‘Retzius’ Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 108.
(reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)

Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 115, t. 5. f. 10.
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 110.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina Linn.
+ Mytilus anatinus Maton & Rackett, 1807

Anodonta intermedia Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta intermedia Pfeiffer = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta piscinalis = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Mytilus cygneus Schröter, 1779
+ Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806
+ Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta piscinalis = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta sulcata Lamarck = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806

Cyclas calyculata Drap. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas cornea = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774

Cyclas fontinalis Lamarck = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium fontinale Pfeiffer, 1821

Cyclas lacustris Müll. = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Cyclas lacustris Draparnaud, 1806

Cyclas lacustris Müll. = Sphaerium nucleus

Cyclas obliqua Lam. = Pisidium amnicum
+ Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806
+ Tellina amnica Müller, 1774

Cyclas obtusalis Lam. = Euglesa ventricosa
+ Pisidium obtusale Pfeiffer, 1821

Cyclas obtusalis Lam. = Euglesa obtusalis

Unio ater = Unio crassus
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1806

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio crassus Retzius
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio elongata Lam. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio limosus = Unio pictorum
+ Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio margaritifera Linn. = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Unio margaritifera Linn. = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio pictorum Lam.
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum Lam. = Unio mancus

Unio tumidus Retzius

 
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