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

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Publication Held (1836): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Held, F. 1836. Aufzählung der in Bayern lebenden Mollusken. Isis (Oken) 1836: 271-282. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatinus Pfeiff. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta attenuata mihi. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cellensis Pfeiff. = Anodonta cygnea
+ Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
+ Mytilus anatinus Sturm, 1803

Anodonta cygneus Lam. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta intermedia Lam. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta rostrata mihi. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta trigona mihi.

Cyclas calyculata Drap. = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Tellina tuberculata Alten, 1812

Cyclas cornea Lam. = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774
+ Cyclas rivalis Draparnaud, 1806

Cyclas lacustris Drap. = Sphaerium nucleus

Cyclas rivicola Lam. = Sphaerium rivicola
+ Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801

Pisidium fontinale Pfeiff. = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Tellina tenera of Authors, unknown year

Pisidium fontinale Pfeiff. = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium milium mihi, = Euglesa milium

Pisidium obliquum Pfeiff. = Pisidium amnicum
+ Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806

Pisidium obtusale Pfeiff. = Euglesa ventricosa

Unio batava Lam. = Unio crassus
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806

Unio littoralis Pfieff. = Potomida littoralis

Unio margaritifera Pfieff. = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum Lam.

Unio retusa mihi. = Unio nanus

Unio rostrata Pfeiff. = Unio pictorum

Unio sinuata Lam. = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801

Unio tumidus Nilss.