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Publication Menke (1828): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Menke, C.T. 1828. Synopsis Methodica Molluscorum Generum Omnium et Specierum Earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus (1st ed.). 91 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aetheria Oken, 1818
Oken, 1818. Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827. unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)

Muelleria Menke, 1828
‘Férussac’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 98 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Herrmannsen, 1847. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 61 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Philippi, 1853. Handb. Conch. Mal.: 533.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 511 [as ‘Mülleria’].
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58 [as ‘Mülleria’].
(error for Mulleria Férussac, 1824)

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta dentiens Menke, 1828
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63. [nomen nudum]
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Hyria cordata Menke, 1828
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 82, sp. 1, var. [b]. [in part]
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.

Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828
‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Küster, 1839. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
Clessin, 1877. Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
Drouët, 1881. Unionidae Russie: 22.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
Zhadin, 1938. Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
Modell, 1945. Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.
(error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)

Unio litoralis Menke, 1828
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 22.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 282.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 34.
Rossmässler, 1854. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 3 (1-2): 37.
Küster, 1855. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 128.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 22, sp. 98.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 86, sp. 461.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 54.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 433.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 52.
(error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio rubens Menke, 1828
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64, 90.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107, 149.

Unio rugatus Menke, 1828
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 64, 90.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 107, 149.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, C., 1821 = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
+ Anodonta dentiens Menke, 1828

Anodonta cygnea Gm.

Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta ponderosa Pfeiffer, C., 1825
+ Mytilus grisea of Authors, unknown year

Anodonta ponderosa Pfeiffer, C., 1825 = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819 = Chambardia rubens

Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Anodonta ventricosa Pfeiffer, C., 1825 = Anodonta cygnea

Hyria cordata Menke, 1828 = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819

Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus

Unio batavus Lam. = Unio crassus

Unio bonellii Fér. = Microcondylaea bonellii
+ Unio depressa C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio clava Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema clava

Unio coarctatus Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

Unio corrugatus (Müller, 1774) = Parreysia corrugata

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 = Unio mancus
+ Unio manca Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821

Unio crassus Retzius, 1788

Unio lemovicincae Fér. = Unio crassus
+ Unio ater Nilsson, 1822

Unio litoralis [sic] Lamarck, 1801 = Potomida littoralis

Unio margaritiferus “Gaertn.” = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819

Unio niloticus “mus.” = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio nodulosus Lamarck, 1819 = Unio pictorum
+ Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791

Unio obliquus Lamarck, 1819 = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio purpurascens Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

Unio radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) = Lampsilis radiata

Unio rarisulcatus Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

Unio retusus Lamarck, 1819 = Obovaria retusa

Unio riparius Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio nanus

Unio rubens Menke, 1828 = Unio crassus

Unio rugatus Menke, 1828 = Unio crassus

Unio semirugatus Lamarck, 1819 = Potomida semirugata

Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819 = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758

Unio sinuatus Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788 = Unio pictorum
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Unio virginianus Lamarck, 1819 = Elliptio complanata

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