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

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Publication Villa (1841): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Villa, A. 1841. Dispositio systematica Conchyliarum terrestrium et fluviatilium quæ adservantur in collectione fratrum A. et J. B. Villa ... conspectu abnormitatum novarumque specierum descriptionibus adjectis. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta canescens Villa, 1841
‘Stentz’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta cherziana Villa, 1841
‘Rang’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40.
(error for Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835)

Anodonta glabra Bourguignat, 1881
Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 262.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 22 [3].
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 104.
(homonym of Anodonta glabra Stabile, 1845)
Type(s): MNHN_MP_2316, Couze à Issoire (Puy-de-Dôme).

Anodonta virens Villa, 1841
‘Stentz’ Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 40. [nomen nudum]
(homonym of Anodonta virens Lea, 1852)

Cyclas globosa Villa, 1841
Megerle in Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Cyclas leachii Villa, 1841
“Ziegler MSS” Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Cyclas plumbeus Villa, 1841
Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Pisidium dhingolii Villa, 1841
Bivona in Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Pisidium obtusale Villa, 1841
Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 44.

Unio corrosus Villa, 1841
Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 61.

Unio plombarius Villa, 1841
Villa, 1841. Dispos. Syst. Conchyl.: 62.

 
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