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

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina | Anodonta cygnea

nominal species Mytilus anatinus Sheppard, 1821

Sheppard, 1821, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: pl. 4, fig. 1.
Chenu, 1845, Biblio. Conch. 1: 270, pl. 26, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta cygnaea [sic] forme ventricosa C. Pfeiffer — Germain, 1931
+ Anodonta (groupe de l’A. ventricosa) gallica Bourguignat, 1881 — Locard, 1899
+ Anodonta (Ventricosiana) gallica Bourg., 1881 — Martens, 1891
+ Anodonta (Euanodonta) gallica Bgt. — Westerlund, 1890
+ Anodonta (Ventricosiana) gallica Bourguignat — Locard, 1890
+ Anodonta (Groupe de l’A. ventricosa) gallica Bourguignat — Locard, 1882
+ Anodonta (Ventricosiana) gallica — Bourguignat, 1881
+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870
+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Drap.) — Lea, 1852

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