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Publication Brot (1867): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Brot, A. 1867. Étude sur les coquilles de la famille des nayades qui habitent le bassin du Léman. Association Zoologique de Léman (1866). 55 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta anatina Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): pl. 5, fig. 2.
Clessin, 1873. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): pl. 14, figs. 3-4.
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta illuviosa Bourguignat, 1881
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): [42,] pl. 7, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta anatina monstrosa’].
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 296.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_24467, Ruisseau de la Salle (S. et Loire).

Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867
‘(Mortillet)’ Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 45, pl. 8, fig. 1-3.
Type(s): PARATYPE SMF_5157, Villeneuve, Genfer See [Lake Geneva] [Switzerland].

Anodonta anatina abbreviata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 41, pl. 6, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta anatina elongata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 43, pl. 6, fig. 1.
(homonym of Anodonta elongata Holandre, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta anatina major Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 42, pl. 7, fig. 1; pl. 6, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta rostrata var. major Brusina, 1866)

Anodonta anatina monstrosa Brot, 1867
Mørch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. monstrosa’]. [nomen nudum]
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): [42,] pl. 7, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta anatina rostrata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 40, pl. 7, fig. 3.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cellensis rostrata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 37, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)

Anodonta cellensis var. dilatata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 37, pl. 6, fig. 4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)

Anodonta cellensis var. minor Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 35.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821; homonym of Anodonta cygnaea var. minor de Joannis, 1859)

Anodonta cygnea var. rostrata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 30, pl. 2, figs. 1-2.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta pictetiana elongata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 46, pl. 8, fig. 3.
(homonym of Anodonta elongata Holandre, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867)

Anodonta pictetiana rostrata Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 46, pl. 8, fig. 2.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata Rossmässler, 1836; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867)

Anodonta piscinalis major Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 47, pl. 5, fig. 1.
(homonym of Anodonta rostrata var. major Brusina, 1866; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822)

Unio batavus var. squamosus Brot, 1867
Brot, 1867. Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): pl. 9, fig. 1.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807; misidentified reference to Unio batavus var. squamosus Charpentier, 1837)

 
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