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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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This page documents data for Clessin (1877), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=967 
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 Publication information 
Clessin, S. 1877. Deutsche Excursions-Mollusken-Fauna. 581 pp. 
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Attributed Genus Names
  Flumininea Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 502.
      (error for Fluminina Westerlund, 1873)
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 Attributed Species Names
  Mytilus cellensis Menke, 1828
    ‘Gmelin’  of Authors.
     Menke, 1828, Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
     Menke, 1830, Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
     Küster, 1839, Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 16.
     Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 438.
     Drouët, 1881, Unionidae Russie: 22.
     Bourguignat, 1882, Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
     Westerlund, 1890, Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 211.
     Zhadin, 1938, Faune USSR Mollusques 4(1): 119.
     Modell, 1945, Jena. Z. Med. Naturw. 78: 81.
    (error for Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791)
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  Pisidium obtusale var. fragile Westerlund, 1873
     Clessin in Westerlund, 1873, Fauna Moll. Terr. Fluv. Suec. Norv. Dan. (2): 548.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 520.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium obtusale Pfeiffer, 1821)
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  Pisidium rivulare Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 30, pl. 3, figs. 7-11.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 510, fig. 331.
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  Pisidium henslowianum [sic] var. pulchrum Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 15, pl. 1, fig. 9.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 508, fig. 329.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825)
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  Pisidium henslowianum [sic] var. solidum Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 15.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 509.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825; homonym of Pisidium obtusale solidum Westerlund, 1873)
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  Pisidium fossarinum var. obtusum Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 33.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 514.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium fossarinum Westerlund, 1873)
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  Pisidium fossarinum var. flavescens Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 33, pl. 3, fig. 19.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 514.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium fossarinum Westerlund, 1873)
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  Pisidium fossarinum var. areolatum Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 33, pl. 3, fig. 20.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 514.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium fossarinum Westerlund, 1873)
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  Pisidium fossarinum var. modestum Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 34, pl. 3, fig. 18.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 515.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium fossarinum Westerlund, 1873)
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  Pisidium fossarinum var. curtum Clessin, 1874
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 34.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 515.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium fossarinum Westerlund, 1873)
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  Musculium strictum Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: ??.
    (misidentified reference to Cyclas stricta Normand, 1854)
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  Anodonta nilsoni Clessin, 1877
     ‘Küster’ Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 444.
     ‘Küster’ Locard, 1890, Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 97 [53].
    (error for Anodonta nilssonii Küster, 1842)
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  Pisidium urinator Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1874, Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149. [nomen nudum]
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 70, pl. 8, 16-18.
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  Sphaerium sandbergeri Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 483, fig. 311.
     Clessin, 1877, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 89, pl. 12, fig. 13-15.
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  Sphaerium dickinii Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 490, fig. 317.
     Clessin, 1877, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 96, pl. 12, figs. 18-20.
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  Pisidium ovatum Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 72, pl. 8, figs. 22-24.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 517, fig. 334.
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  Anodonta pirvinalis Clessin, 1877
     ‘Nils’ Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 442, fig. 289.
    (error for Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822)
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  Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 434.
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  Anodonta mutabilis var. lacustrina Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 444, fig. 291.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta mutabilis Clessin, 1877)
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  Sphaerium oblongum Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 83, pl. 9, figs. 25-27.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 484.
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  Calyculina rykoltii var. angulata Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 497, fig. 322.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas rykoltii Normand, 1844)
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  Pisidium bandonii Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 505.
    (error for Pisidium baudonii Clessin, 1873)
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  Pisidium rivulare var. major Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1874, Conch. Cab. 9(3): 31.
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 512.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Pisidium rivulare Clessin, 1874)
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  Unio pseudolitoralis Clessin, 1877
     Clessin, 1875, Verh. Ver. Naturgesch. Hamburg 2: 258 [as ‘pseudo-litoralis’]. [nomen nudum]
     Clessin, 1877, Deutsche Excurs. Moll. Fauna: 469, text fig. 305 [as ‘pseudo-litoralis’].
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Taxonomic Opinions
	 Anodonta complanata Ziegler
	 + Anodonta compressa Menke, 1830
	 + Anodonta klettii Rossmässler, 1835
	 + Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Anodonta rhomboidea Schlüter, 1838
	 + Anodonta complanata Nordenskiold & Nylander, 1856
	 
	Anodonta mutabilis Clessin
	 
	Anodonta mutabilis var. anatina Linné
	 + Anodonta nilssonii Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta tenella Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta anatina rostrata Brot, 1867
	 + Anodonta mutabilis moerchiana Clessin, 1876
	 
	Anodonta mutabilis var. cellensis [sic] Schroeter
	 + Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819
	 + Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821
	 + Anodonta luxata Held, 1837
	 + Anodonta cariosa Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta subluxata Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta anserirostris Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta opalina Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta anatina elongata Brot, 1867
	 + Anodonta anatina major Brot, 1867
	 + Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867
	 + Anodonta mutabilis fragilissima Clessin, 1876
	 
	Anodonta mutabilis var. cygnea Linné
	 + Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1835
	 + Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1837
	 + Anodonta cygnea cordata Rossmässler, 1859
	 + Anodonta cygnea lingua Mörch, 1863
	 + Anodonta lingbyana Mörch, 1864
	 + Anodonta forchthammeri Mörch, 1864
	 
	Anodonta mutabilis var. lacustrina m.
	 + Anodonta labiata of Authors, unknown year
	 + Anodonta callosa Küster, 1839
	 + Anodonta charpentierii Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta tumida Küster, 1842
	 + Anodonta oviformis Clessin, 1873
	 
	Anodonta mutabilis var. piscinalis Nilsson
	 
	Calyculina creplini Dunker
	 
	Calyculina lacustris Müller
	 + Tellina tenera of Authors, unknown year
	 + Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806
	 + Tellina tuberculata Alten, 1812
	 
	Calyculina lacustris var. major Dupuy
	 + Sphaerium brochonianum Bourguignat, 1854
	 
	Calyculina lacustris var. steini A. Schmidt
	 + Cyclas calyculata Stein, 1850
	 
	Calyculina rykoltii Normand
	 
	Calyculina rykoltii var. angulata 
	 
	Calyculina rykoltii var. danica Clessin
	 
	Dreissena polymorpha Pallas
	 + Mytilus e fluvio wolga Chemnitz, 1795
	 + Mytilus chemnitzii Ferussac, 1835
	 + Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835
	 
	Margaritana margaritifera Linné
	 + Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
	 + Unio sinuata C. Pfeiffer, 1825
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Flumininea) amnicum Müller
	 + Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806
	 + Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Flumininea) amnicum var. elongatum Baudon
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Flumininea) amnicum var. striolatum Baudon
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) bartolomaeum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) demissum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) foreli Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) fossarinum Clessin
	 + Pisidium fontinale Pfeiffer, 1821
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) fossarinum var. areolatum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) fossarinum var. curtum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) fossarinum var. flavescens Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) fossarinum var. modestum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) fossarinum var. obtusum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) henslowianum [sic] Sheppard
	 + Cyclas acuta Pfeiffer, 1821
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) henslowianum [sic] var. pulchrum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) henslowianum [sic] var. solidum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) intermedium Gassies
	 + Pisidium planum Prime, 1870
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) milium Held
	 + Pisidium gassiesianum Gassies, 1849
	 + Pisidium arcaeforme Malm, 1855
	 + Pisidium roseum Jeffreys, 1862
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) milium var. alpestre Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) milium var. normandianum Dupuy
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) nitidum Jenyns
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) nitidum var. lacustris Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) obtusale Pfeiffer
	 + Cyclas gibba Alder, 1831
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) obtusale var. fragile Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) obtusale var. personatum Malm
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) ovatum Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) pallidum Jeffreys
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) pileus Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) pulchellum Jenyns
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) pusillum Gmelin
	 + Cyclas fontinalis Draparnaud, 1806
	 + Pisidium pusillum Jenyns, 1832
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) rivulare Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) rivulare var. major Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) roseum Scholtz
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) scholtzii Clessin
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Fossarina) subtruncatum Malm
	 + Pisidium dupuyanum Normand, 1854
	 
	Pisidium (Gruppe Rivulina) supinum A. Schmidt
	 + Pisidium fontinale Stein, 1850
	 + Pisidium conicum Baudon, 1857
	 + Pisidium baudonii Clessin, 1873
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) corneum Linné
	 + Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) corneum var. firmum Clessin
	 + Sphaerium oblongum Clessin, 1877
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) corneum var. nucleus Studer
	 + Cyclas cornea intumescens Menke, 1830
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) corneum var. sandbergeri Clessin
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) dickinii Clessin
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) draparnaldii [sic] Clessin
	 + Sphaerium deshayesianum of Authors, unknown year
	 + Cyclas lacustris Draparnaud, 1806
	 + Cyclas ovalis Férussac, 1807
	 + Cyclas consobrina Blainville, 1818
	 + Cyclas lacustris Pfeiffer, 1821
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) dupplicatum Clessin
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) fragile Clessin
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Corneola) scaldianum Normand
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Cyrenastrum) solidum Normand
	 
	Sphaerium (Grüppe Sphaeriastrum) rivicolum Leach in Lam.
	 + Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801
	 
	Unio batavus Lamarck
	 + Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
	 + Unio batavus Nilsson, 1822
	 + Unio batavus Rossmässler, 1836
	 
	Unio batavus var. ater Nilsson
	 + Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio reniformis Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio atrovirens Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio batavus var. taunica Kobelt, 1886
	 
	Unio batavus var. crassus Retz.
	 + Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
	 + Unio crassus Nilsson, 1822
	 + Unio rugatus Menke, 1828
	 + Unio labacensis Rossmässler, 1835
	 + Unio fusculus Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio amnicus Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio piscinalis Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio acutus Rossmässler, 1837
	 + Unio batavus var. pusillus Rossmässler, 1844
	 + Unio crassus Küster, 1854
	 + Unio phaseolus Kobelt, 1879
	 
	Unio batavus var. pseudo-litoralis Clessin
	 + Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
	 + Unio crassus var. maximus Kobelt, 1872
	 
	Unio pictorum Linné
	 + Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821
	 + Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1836
	 + Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1837
	 + Unio pictorum var. grandis Rossmässler, 1842
	 + Unio pictorum var. grandis Rossmässler, 1842
	 
	Unio pictorum var. arca Held
	 + Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819
	 + Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831
	 + Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835
	 + Unio graniger J.F. Schmidt, 1840
	 + Unio latirostris Küster, 1853
	 + Unio praeposterus Küster, 1853
	 + Unio nathusii Küster, 1854
	 + Unio quinqueannulatus Küster, 1854
	 + Unio concinnus Küster, 1854
	 + Unio proechus Bourguignat, 1862
	 + Unio actephilus Bourguignat, 1862
	 
	Unio pictorum var. decollatus Held
	 
	Unio pictorum var. limosus Nilsson
	 + Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836
	 
	Unio tumidus Philipsson
	 + Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836
	 
	Unio tumidus var. lacustris Rossm.
	 + Unio conus Spengler, 1793
	 
	Unio tumidus var. limicola Mörch
	 
	Unio tumidus var. mülleri Rossm.
	 + Unio muelleri var. compressus of Authors, unknown year
	 
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