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Publication Gmelin (1791): attributed nominal species
publication summary Complete CitationGmelin, J.F. 1791. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, locis 1(6) (13th ed.): 3021-3909. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesArca pectinata Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3313. | |
Cardium crassum Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3254. | |
Cardium exiguum Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3255. | |
Cardium trilaterum Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3253. | |
Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 253, pl. 25, fig. 249.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3265. | |
Mactra nicobarica Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Mactra papyracea Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3257. | |
Mactra violacea Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 10, fig. 47. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2.
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1650.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 23.
(renamed Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819) | |
Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: pl. 2, fig. 30; [app.] pl. 1, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1; pl. 147, figs. 2-3. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs. 2-5; pl. 4, fig. 6.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3218, sp. 3.
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7 [as ‘Mya pictorum tenuis’].
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9. [in part] | |
Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 152, fig. 7.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9, var. b. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791) | |
Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1649 [as ‘Mya corrugata magna’].
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 32. | |
Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
Schröter, 1783. Einl. Conch. 2: 617, sp. 9, pl. 7, fig. 5. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 16. | |
Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791
Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781. Zoophylacium Gronovianum: pl. 8, figs. 1-2. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222. | |
Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
Adanson, 1757. Hist. Nat. Sénégal, Coquillages: 234, pl. 17, fig. 21 [as ‘le mutel’]. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3363, sp. 56.
(renamed Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_UNCATALOGED, “lacs d’eau douce de l’intérieur du Sénégal”. | |
Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.
(homonym of Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771) | |
Mytilus lineatus Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359. | |
Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, fig. 1.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3352, sp. 50. | |
Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 1.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3362, sp. 51.
(renamed Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821) | |
Ostrea alatus Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Ostrea hians Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Ostrea legumen Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Ostrea magellanica Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3336. | |
Pholas hians Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3216. | |
Pholas orientalis Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Solen maximus Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3227. | |
Solen minimus Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3227. | |
Tellina adansoni Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3239. | |
Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3236. | |
Tellina fervensis Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3235. | |
Tellina pectinata Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Tellina pusilla Gmelin, 1791
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: 194, pl. 4, figs. 7a-b. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3231. | |
Tellina variegata Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Tellina virginica Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3236. | |
Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1678. Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 174, pl. 4, figs. 23 [as ‘123’].
Martini & Chemnitz, 1784. Conch. Cab. 7: pl. 39, figs. 412-414.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3285.
(homonym of Venus borealis Linnaeus, 1767) | |
Venus casta Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278. | |
Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278. | |
Venus corrugata Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280. | |
Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278. | |
Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108.
Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342.
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271. | |
Venus japonica Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Venus lapicida Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3269. | |
Venus litterata Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3293. | |
Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273, var. B.
(misidentified reference to Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Venus ponderosa Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280. | |
Venus purpurascens Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): ??. | |
Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 326, pl. 31, figs. 327-329. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278. | |
Venus sinensis Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3285. | |
Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial]
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280. | |
Venus textile Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280. | |
Venus litterata conspersa Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3293.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Venus litterata Gmelin, 1791) | |
Venus meretrix var. beta Gmelin, 1791
Gmelin, 1791. Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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