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

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Publication Pfeiffer (1869): attributed nominal species
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Complete Citation

Pfeiffer, L. 1869. Beschreibung und abbildung neuer oder kritischer land- und süsswasser-mollusken. Descriptions et figures de coquilles extramarines nouvelles ou peu connues. Novitates Conchologicae 3: 463-486.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta subrostrata Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 39.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 486, pl. 105, figs. 1-3.

Anodonta ucayalensis Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 40.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 486, pl. 105, figs. 4-6.

Unio casablancae Lea, 1852
‘Philippi’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 39.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 481, pl. 104, figs. 1-2.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Parada & Peredo, 2002. Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat. 75: 693.
(error for Unio casaeblancae Philippi, 1849)

Unio colchaguensis Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 47.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 484, pl. 104, figs. 9-10.

Unio diplodon Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 46.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 483, pl. 104, figs. 7-8.

Unio foncki Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 49.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 483, pl. 104, figs. 5-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_4322, Laguna Villavira, S. Chile.

Unio ianthinus Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 46.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 485, pl. 104, figs. 11-12.

Unio jacobaeus Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 44.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 478, sp. 635, pl. 103, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3850, Prov. Santiago, Chile.

Unio landbecki Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 45.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 479, pl. 103, figs. 5-6.

Unio longus Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 44.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 477, pl. 103, figs. 1-2.

Unio montanus Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 48.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 482, pl. 104, figs. 3-4.

Unio solidulus Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 45.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 480, pl. 103, figs. 9-10.

Unio valdivianus Philippi, 1869
Philippi, 1869. Malak. Blatt. 16: 48.
Pfeiffer, 1869. Novit. Conch. 3: 479, pl. 103, figs. 7-8.
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_3851, Valdivia, Chile.
 
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