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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta anatina

nominal species Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843

Dupuy, 1843, Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: 74.
Dupuy, 1850, Hist. Natur. Moll. France (4): pl. 18, fig. 14.
Dupuy, 1852, Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 608.
(renamed Anodonta rossmassleri Germain, 1904)

= Anodonta anatina

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969
= Anodonta palustris rossmaessleriana [sic] Dupuy, 1843 — Modell, 1945
= Anodonta avonensis forme rossmässleriana [sic] Dupuy — Germain, 1931
+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914
+ Anodonta (Rossmassleriana) [sic] rossmassleri Dupuy (nom. em.) — Germain, 1904
+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900
= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. rossmassleriana) rossmassleriana Dupuy — Locard, 1893
= Anodonta (Rossmassleriana) [sic] rossmassleriana — Fagot, 1892
= Anodonta (Rossmässleriana) rossmässleriana Dupuy, 1843 — Martens, 1891
= Anodonta (Euanodonta) rossmässleriana Dup. — Westerlund, 1890
= Anodonta (Rossmässleriana) rossmässleriana Dupuy, 1843 — Locard, 1890
= Anodonta rossmaessleriana [sic] Dupuy — Drouët, 1889
= Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. rossmässleriana) rossmassleriana Dupuy — Locard, 1882
= Anodonta (Rossmässleriana) rossmässleriana Dupuy, 1843 — Bourguignat, 1881
+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870
= Anodonta avonensis var. rossmassleriana Moq. — de Joannis, 1859
= Anodonta avonensis var. C rossmæssleriana [sic] Dup. — Moquin-Tandon, 1855
+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Drap.) — Lea, 1852
= Anodonta (Ponderosæ) rossmassleriana Dup., 1843 — Dupuy, 1852
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilss. — Gassies, 1849
= Anodonta rossmaslaeri [sic] Dup. — C.B. Adams, 1847
= Anodonta rossmassleriana — Dupuy, 1843

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