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

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Publication Schlüter (1838): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Schlüter, F. 1838. Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Zur Erleichterung des Tausches für Freunde der Conchyliologie. 40 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmodonta Say, 1819
‘Say’ of Authors.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18].
Barnes, 1823. Amer. J. Sci. 6 (1-2): 275.
Say, 1825. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 5(3-4): 131.
Férussac, 1827. Bull. Sci. Nat. et Géol. 10: 417.
Hildreth, 1828. Amer. J. Sci. 14: 289.
Lea, 1829. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 3 [O. 1]: 421.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Ferussac, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5: 25.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 43.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 46.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 499.
Vest, 1866. Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Ver. Naturw. (17): 197.
Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 1.
(new name for Alasmidonta Say, 1818; renamed Anelasmodon Agassiz, 1846)

Anadontina Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32.
Type species: Anadontina turgida Schlüter, 1838 (monotypy) = Lamellidens marginalis

Brachydonta Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 32. [nomen nudum]
Type species: Brachydonta compressa Schlüter, 1838 (monotypy)

Crenodonta Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33.
Type species: Unio securis Deshayes, 1832 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1852: 38) = Ellipsaria lineolata

Cyrene Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 34.
(error for Cyrena Lamarck, 1818)

Schizostoma Schlüter, 1838
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33. [nomen nudum]
(homonym of Bronn, 1834 [Gastr.])

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (25 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmodonta [sic] confragosa Barn. = Arcidens confragosus

Alasmodonta [sic] marginata Say = Alasmidonta marginata

Alasmodonta [sic] rugosa Barn. = Lasmigona costata

Anadontina turgida m. = Lamellidens marginalis
+ Unio anodontina Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta anatina Dr., R.
+ Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806

Anodonta cellensis Pf., R. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cellensis var. glauca m. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta complanata Ziegl., R. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta cygnea Pf., R.

Anodonta cygnea var. excentrica Ziegl. Krain. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. inflata m. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta cygnea var. straminea m. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta gibbosa Say = Pyganodon gibbosa

Anodonta piscinalis Nils., R. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta piscinalis var. glabrata ‘Ziegl.’ = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta piscinalis var. glabrata subvar. nitida ‘Ziegl.’ = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta piscinalis var. ponderosa Pf., R. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rhomboidea m. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta rostrata Kok., R. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta rostrata var. converfigera m. = Anodonta anatina

Brachydonta compressa m.

Cardium edule L., Lam. = Cerastoderma edule

Crenodonta plicata (Say) = Amblema plicata

Crenodonta securis (Desh.) = Ellipsaria lineolata

Crenodonta trigona m.

Crenodonta tuberculata m.

Cyclas calyculata Pf., Dr. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas cornea Lam. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyclas lacustris Pf., Dr. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas rivicola Leach = Sphaerium rivicola

Cyrene [sic] fulminea [sic] Lam. = Corbicula fluminea

Modiola securis Lam. = Limnoperna securis

Mysca alata (Lam., Say) = Potamilus alatus

Mysca amnica (Z., R.) = Unio nanus

Mysca batava Lam., R. = Unio crassus

Mysca batava var. carynthiaca [sic] (Ziegl., R.) = Unio nanus

Mysca batava var. fuscula (Ziegl., R.) = Unio nanus

Mysca batava var. fuscula subvar. pallipes (Ziegl.) = Unio crassus

Mysca batava var. labacensis (Ziegl., R.) = Unio nanus

Mysca brugieri Mich.

Mysca cariosa (Lam., Say) = Lampsilis cariosa

Mysca crassa Retz., R. = Unio crassus

Mysca crassidens Lam. = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819

Mysca crassidens Lam. = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Mysca crassidens Lam. = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Mysca decurvata R. = Unio nanus

Mysca decurvata subvar. atrovirens (Schm.) = Unio nanus

Mysca elegans m.

Mysca elongatula (Mühlf., R., Pf.) = Unio elongatulus

Mysca erythros m.

Mysca longirostris (Ziegl., R.) = Unio pictorum

Mysca luteola (Lam.) = Lampsilis radiata

Mysca nasuta (Lam., Say) = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio nasuta Lamarck, 1819

Mysca nasuta (Lam., Say) = Eurynia dilatata

Mysca nasuta var. recta (Lam.) = Ligumia recta

Mysca pictorum Turt. = Unio pictorum
+ Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819

Mysca pictorum var. cuneata m. = Unio pictorum

Mysca pictorum var. gotthardensis m. = Unio pictorum

Mysca pictorum var. graniger Z. = Unio pictorum

Mysca platyrhynchus (R.) = Unio pictorum

Mysca purpurascens Lam. = Elliptio complanata

Mysca radiata Lam. = Lampsilis radiata

Mysca reniformis (Schm., R.) = Unio nanus

Mysca reniformis subvar. kokeilli = Unio crassus

Mysca tumida (Retz., R.) = Unio tumidus

Mysca tumida var. crassissima m. = Unio crassus

Mysca varicosa (Lam.) = Alasmidonta varicosa

Mysca virginiana (Lam. ?) = Elliptio complanata

Mytilus edulis L., Lam.

Pisidium fontinale Pf. = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium obliquum Pf. = Pisidium amnicum

Pisidium obtusale Pf. = Euglesa ventricosa

Schizostoma radians m.

Tichogonia chemnitzii R. = Dreissena polymorpha

Unio margaritifer R., Retz. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio margaritifer var. minor R. = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio sinuata C. Pfeiffer, 1825

 
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