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

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Publication Spinelli (1851): summary
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Complete Citation

Spinelli, G.B. 1851. Catalogo dei Molluschi Terrestri e Fluviali della Provincia Bresciana con alcune osservazioni sulle principali abitudini e luoghi di dimora dei medesimi. 23 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta idrina Spinelli, 1851
Spinelli, 1851. Cat. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Prov. Brescia: 19, figs. 5-6.

Anodonta leprosa benacensis Gredler, 1859
Spinelli, 1851. Cat. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Prov. Brescia: 19. [nomen nudum]
‘Villa’ Gredler, 1859. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 9: 260.
Villa & Villa, 1871. Bull. Malac. Italiano: 94 [as ‘Anodonta benacensis’]. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta leprosa Drouët, 1883)

Unio spinellii Spinelli, 1851
‘Villa’ Spinelli, 1851. Cat. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Prov. Brescia: 20, figs. 7-8.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina Drap.

Anodonta benacensis Villa = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta canescens Stentz

Anodonta cygnea (Pfeiff.)

Anodonta idrina Spinelli = Anodonta cygnea

Unio corrosus Villa = Unio elongatulus

Unio longirostris Ziegl. = Unio pictorum

Unio ovalis Meg. = Unio tumidus

Unio pictorum Lam.

Unio spinellii Villa = Unio elongatulus
 
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