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Publication Malzine (1867): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Malzine, F. de. 1867. Essai sur la faune malacologique de Belgique ou Catalogue des mollusques qui se trouvent dans ce pays. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta cygnea var. rossmasleri Malzine, 1867
‘L.’ Rossmässler, 1835. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (1): pl. 3, fig. 67 [as ‘Anodonta cygnea’].
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 34.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Pisidium minimum Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 30, pl. 3, figs. 10-11.
(homonym of Cyclas minima Studer, 1820)

Unio lambottei Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 32, pl. 2, figs, 3-4.

Unio rhomboidus Malzine, 1867
‘Schroter’ Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 32.
(error for Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855)

Unio robianoi Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 33, pl. 1, fig. 1-2.

Unio ryckholtii Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 32, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.

Unio robianoi var. inflatus Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 33, pl. 1, fig. 3-4.
(homonym of Unio inflatus Studer, 1820; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio robianoi Malzine, 1867)

Unio ryckholti var. cuneata Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 32.
(homonym of Unio cuneatus Jacquemin, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ryckholtii Malzine, 1867)

Unio ryckholtii var. cuneatus Malzine, 1867
Malzine, 1867. Essai faun. malac. Belg.: 33, pl. 3, figs. 14-15.
(homonym of Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio ryckholtii Malzine, 1867)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina Linné
+ Anodonta anatina Dupuy, 1850

Anodonta coarctata Potiez et Michaud = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea Linné
+ Anodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801

Anodonta cygnea var. cellensis Pfeiffer = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. cellensis Drouet = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. intermedia Lam. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. rossmasleri Nobis = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1835

Anodonta cygnea var. ventricosa Schroter = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta subponderosa Dupuy = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta ponderosa Kickx, 1830

Unio batava Lamarck = Unio crassus
+ Unio batavus Nilsson, 1822

Unio lambottei Nobis = Unio crassus

Unio margaritifer Linné = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio pictorum Linné
+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806

Unio pictorum Linné = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum Linné = Unio crassus

Unio pictorum var. flavescens Moquin = Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum var. rostrata Lam. = Unio pictorum
+ Unio rostratus Michaud, 1831

Unio pictorum var. rostrata Gras = Unio pictorum

Unio rhomboidus [sic] Moquin = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798

Unio robianoi Nobis = Unio tumidus

Unio robianoi var. inflatus Nobis = Unio tumidus

Unio ryckholtii Nobis = Unio crassus

Unio ryckholtii var. cuneatus Nobis

Unio sinuatus Lamarck = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801

Unio tumidus Retzius
+ Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803

Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau = Unio tumidus

Unio tumidus var. radiatus Colbeau = Unio tumidus

 
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