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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Poiret (1801): summary publication summary Complete CitationPoiret, J.L. 1801. Coquilles Fluviatilies et Terrestres, Observées dans le Département de l’Aisne et aux environs de Paris. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801 ‘Linnaeus’ of Authors. Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 109 [’Anodontites cygnæa’]. Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 189 [as ‘cygnæa’]. Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 601. de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268. Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 140. Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 269. Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1]. Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 89. Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 70 [26]. Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 126. Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 39. Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 234. Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 267. Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289. Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 752. ‘Linnaeus’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 19. Dhora, 2009. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade 61(3): 547. (error for Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801 Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 105. (homonym of Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodontites anatina Lin. = Anodonta anatina Anodontites cygnæa [sic] Lin. = Anodonta cygnea Tellina cornea Lin. = Sphaerium corneum Unio littoralis = Potomida littoralis Unio margaritifera Lin. = Margaritifera margaritifera Unio pictorum Lin. Unio rugosa = Pseudunio auricularius
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