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

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Publication Kobelt (1884): summary
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Complete Citation

Kobelt, W. 1884. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten von E.A. Rossmässler 1 (Neue Folge). 72 pp., pls. 1-30.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio lawleyanus Kobelt, 1884
‘Gentiluomo’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1884. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1: 65.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 683.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 533.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 127.
(error for Unio lawleyianus Gentiluomo, 1868)

Unio tafnanus Kobelt, 1884
‘Debeaux in litteris’ Kobelt, 1884. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1: 66, pl. 28, fig. 216.

Unio tetuanensis Kobelt, 1884
Kobelt, 1884. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1: 66, pl. 28, fig. 217.

Unio crassus var. maximus Kobelt, 1872
Kobelt, 1872. Malak. Blatt. 19: 142, pl. 5.
Kobelt, 1884. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1: 67, pl. 29, figs. 218-219.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788; homonym of Unio pictorum maxima Mørch, 1863)

Unio ravoisieri var. isserica Kobelt, 1884
Kobelt, 1884. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1: 65, pl. 28, fig. 215.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847)

Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritana crassula (Drouët, 1879) = Microcondylaea bonellii

Margaritana (Microcondylaea) bonellii Ferussac = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Anodonta uniopsis Lamarck, 1819

Unio brachyrhynchus Drouët, 1881 = Unio elongatulus

Unio crassus var. maximus Kobelt, 1872 = Unio crassus
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio pseudolitoralis Clessin, 1877

Unio ravoisieri var. isserica m. = Unio ravoisieri

Unio requienii var. larderelianus Pecchioli, 1869 = Unio mancus

Unio requienii var. lawleyanus [sic] Gentiluomo = Unio mancus

Unio requienii var. moltenii Adami = Unio mancus

Unio requienii var. spinellii Villa = Unio elongatulus

Unio rothi var. komarowi Böttger, 1880 = Unio mardinensis

Unio savensis Drouët = Unio nanus

Unio tafnanus Debeaux n. sp. = Unio durieui

 
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