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

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Publication Kobelt (1893): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Kobelt, W. 1893. Iconographie der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten von E.A. Rossmässler 6 (Neue Folge). 102 pp., pls. 151-180. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta gallensteini Kobelt, 1893
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 47, pl. 160, fig. 1032.

Anodonta recurvirostris Kobelt, 1893
‘Küster mss.’ Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 47, pl. 159, fig. 1031.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_5102, Kraiger See [Carinthia, Austria].

Unio bithynicus Kobelt, 1893
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 96, pl. 179, fig. 1128.

Unio conimbricus Kobelt, 1893
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 99, pl. 180, fig. 1133.

Unio jonicus Kobelt, 1886
‘Drouët’ of Authors.
Kobelt, 1886. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 2: 43.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 153.
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 87.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 131.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 52.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. Biol. Rev. 92(1): 578.
Lyubas et al., 2022. Diversity 14(11), 935: Table S3.
(error for Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879)

Unio lapidosus Kobelt, 1893
‘Villa in sched.’ Kobelt, 1893. Nachr. Bl. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 25: 151.
‘Villa in sched.’ Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 90, pl. 176, fig. 1120.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE ZMB_17236, Nordmexiko.

Unio limosus Kobelt, 1893
‘Nils.’ Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 44.
(reference to Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822)

Unio zabulonicus Kobelt, 1893
Kobelt, 1893. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 6: 96, pl. 179, fig. 1129.
(misidentified reference to Unio zabulonicus Locard, 1883)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta dealbata Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta gallensteini m. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta nymphigena Drouët, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta recurvirostris Küster mss. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta triangularis Lanza

Leguminaia mardinensis (Lea, 1864) = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Leguminaia rhomboidea (Lea) = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Unio barroisi Drouët = Pseudunio homsensis

Unio bithynicus n. = Elongaria orientalis
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852

Unio bithynicus n. = Unio bruguierianus

Unio conimbricus n. = Unio tumidiformis
+ Unio batavus Morelet, 1845

Unio dactylus Morelet = Unio delphinus

Unio episcopalis Tristram, 1865 = Pseudunio homsensis

Unio helenae Drouët in sched. = Unio ionicus

Unio jonicus [sic] Blanc = Unio ionicus

Unio kotschyi Küster = Unio bruguierianus
+ Unio orientalis Bourguignat, 1852

Unio lapidosus Villa in sched. = Disconaias disca

Unio limosus — platyrhynchus Rossm. = Unio pictorum

Unio mucidus Morelet = Unio delphinus

Unio proëchus Bourguignat = Unio pictorum

Unio redactus Drouët = Unio nanus

Unio simonis Tristram, 1865 = Potomida semirugata

Unio tinctus Drouët = Potomida semirugata

Unio tumidus

Unio vicarius Westerlund

Unio zabulonicus Bourguignat apud Locard = Unio tigridis
+ Unio requieni of Authors, unknown year

Unio zabulonicus Bourguignat apud Locard = Unio terminalis

 
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