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

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Publication Hannibal (1912): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Hannibal, H. 1912. A synopsis of the Recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian Province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10(2): 112-166. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Arnoldina Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 128.
Type species: Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875 (orig. desig.) = Anodonta californiensis

Limnobasilissa Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 127.
Type species: Margaritana subangulata Cooper, 1894 (orig. desig.) = Gonidea angulata

Migranaja Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 124.
Type species: Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 (orig. desig.) = Potomida littoralis

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta cygnea Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 126.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806)

Anodonta cygnea impura Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 125.
(reference to Anodonta impura Say, 1829)

Arnoldina dejecta Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 129.
(reference to Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875)

Corneocyclas tremperi Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): ??.

Gonidea hemphilli Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 128, pl. 7, fig. 19.

Margaritana (Pseudunio) herrei Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 121, pl. 7, fig. 17.

Unio transpacifica Hannibal, 1912
Arnold & Hannibal in Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 123, pl. 7, fig. 18.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758)
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
+ Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838
+ Anodon cognata Gould, 1850
+ Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860

Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758) = Anodonta oregonensis

Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnea (Linné, 1758) = Anodonta kennerlyi

Anodonta cygnea beringiana Middendorff, 1851 = Beringiana beringiana
+ Anodonta youconensis Lea, 1867
+ Anodonta youkanensis Lea, 1867

Anodonta cygnea impura Say, 1829 = Anodonta nuttalliana
+ Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta wahlamatensis Lea, 1838
+ Unio (Anodonta) coarctata Anton, 1839
+ Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852
+ Anodonta triangularis Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta rotundovata Trask, 1854
+ Anodonta exilior Lea, 1871
+ Anodonta nuttalliana var. idahoensis Hemphill, 1891
+ Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
+ Anodonta chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
+ Anodonta nuttalliana lignitica Cooper, 1894
+ Anodonta kettlemanensis Arnold, 1909

Anodonta cygnea impura Say, 1829 = Anodonta impura

Anodonta cygnea impura Say, 1829 = Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta cygnea impura Say, 1829 = Anodonta kettlemanensis

Arnoldina dejecta (Lewis, 1875) = Anodonta californiensis

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)
+ Anodon feminalis Gould, 1850
+ Anodonta randalli Trask, 1854
+ Anodon biangulata Sowerby, 1869

Gonidea angulata haroldiana Dall, 1908 = Gonidea angulata
+ Anodonta angulata var. subangulata Hemphill, 1891

Gonidea hemphilli n. sp.

Gonidea (Limnobasilissa) angulata subangulata (Cooper, 1894) = Gonidea angulata
+ Gonidea coalingensis Arnold, 1909
+ Gonidea coalingensis cooperi Arnold, 1909

Margaritana margaritifera (Linné, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823

Margaritana margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850) = Margaritifera falcata
+ Alasmodon yubaensis Trask, 1854

Margaritana (Pseudunio) herrei n. sp. = Margaritifera herrei

Migranaja condoni (White, 1885) = Margaritifera condoni

Migranaja littoralis (Lamarck, 1801) = Potomida littoralis

Unio transpacifica Arnold & Hannibal

 
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