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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 Fischer & Crosse (1894), 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.

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Publication information

Fischer, P. & H. Crosse. 1894. Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amerique Central, Recherches Zoologiques 2(15): 489-576.

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Attributed Genus Names

Sphenonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio liebmanni Philippi, 1847 (orig. desig.) = Sphenonaias liebmanni

Euryanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodon bambousearum Morelet, 1851 (sub. desig. by Haas, 1964) = Anodontites cylindracea

Pseudoleila Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851 (monotypy) = Anodontites trapesialis

Barynaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio pigerrimus Crosse & Fischer, 1894 (orig. desig.) = Barynaias pigerrima

Cyrtonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio berlandierii Lea, 1857 (orig. desig.) = Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Mesonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio explicatus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Cyrtonaias explicata

Disconaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio discus Lea, 1838 (original designation) = Disconaias disca

Phyllonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 555.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio paludosus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Delphinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 555.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849 (monotypy) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Pachynaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio spheniopsis Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Pachynaias spheniopsis

Amphinaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio couchianus Lea, 1860 (orig. desig.) = Quadrula couchiana

Brachyanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 517.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893 (subsequent designation) = Anodonta impura

Mesanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 517.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodon lurulentus Morelet, 1849 (subsequent designation) = Anodonta lurulenta

Actinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio sapotalensis Lea, 1841 (orig. desig.) = Actinonaias sapotalensis

Pyganodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841 (subsequent designation) = Pyganodon grandis

Nephronaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio plicatulus Küster, 1856 (orig. desig.) = Nephronaias plicatula

Amygdalonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio cognatus Lea, 1860 (orig. desig.) = Truncilla cognata

Psoronaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio psoricus Morelet, 1851 (orig. desig.) = Psoronaias semigranosa

Simonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tabascoensis Küster, 1856 (orig. desig.) = Nephronaias tabascoensis

Leptonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio ravistellus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Nephronaias ravistella

Caenonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 556 [as ‘Cænonaias’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio aeruginosus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Nephronaias aeruginosa

Graphonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 557.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio medellinus Lea, 1838 (orig. desig.) = Actinonaias medellina

Attributed Species Names

Anodonta ciconia Carpenter, 1857
‘Gould’ of Authors.
Carpenter, 1857, Maz. Shells: 117.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 534, pl. 68, 78, figs. 2-2a.
Martens, 1900, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll.: 536, pl. 41, fig. 4.
(reference to Anodon ciconia Gould, 1851)

Anodonta chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893, J. de Conch. 40: 295.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 518, pl. 64, figs. 8-11.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN-IM-2000-1657, Mexique, Lac de Tchapala.

Unio usumasintae Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893, J. de Conch. 40: 294 [as ‘usumasintæ’].
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 574, pl. 63, fig. 4; pl. 67, fig. 5 [as ‘usumasintæ’].
(renamed Unio usumacintae Martens, 1900)

Anodonta chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893, J. de Conch. 41: 110.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 522, pl. 64, figs. 7-7a.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1656, Mexique, Lac de Chalco.

Anodonta tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893
Crosse & Fischer, 1893, J. de Conch. 41: 32.
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 526, pl. 70, figs. 1-1a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN-IM-2000-1798, Mexique, Cacoprieto, Isthmo de Tehuantepec.

Unio scutulatus var. B obliterata Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 561, pl. 59, fig. 5.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio scutulatus Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2015, S. Geronimo, Yucatan, Mexico.

Unio scutulatus var. G secabilis Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 561, pl. 59, fig. 6.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio scutulatus Morelet, 1849)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1893-2-4-2016, S. Geronimo, Yucatan, Mexico.

Anodonta cylindracea var. subarcuatula Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 528.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cylindracea Lea, 1838)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) chalcoensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) chapalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1892

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) coarctata Anton, 1839

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) exilior Lea, 1871

Anodonta (Brachyanodon) viridana Clessin, 1876
+ Anodon glabrus Sowerby, 1870

Anodonta (Euryanodon) bambousearum (A. Morelet, 1851)

Anodonta (Euryanodon) cylindracea I. Lea, 1838

Anodonta (Euryanodon) cylindracea var. B subarcuatula

Anodonta (Mesanodon) henryana Lea, 1857

Anodonta (Mesanodon) lurulenta Morelet, 1849

Anodonta (Mesanodon) strebeli Lea, 1868
+ Margaron (Anodonta) strebellii Lea, 1870

Anodonta (Mesanodon) tehuantepecensis Crosse & Fischer, 1893

Anodonta (Pseudoleila) ciconia (Gould, 1851)
+ Anodon glaucus Sowerby, 1870
+ Anodonta glauca var. sinaloensis Crosse & Fischer, 1884

Anodonta (Pyganodon) glauca Valenciennes in Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta (Pyganodon) globosa I. Lea, 1841

Anodonta (Pyganodon) grijalvæ A. Morelet, 1884
+ Anodonta grijoloae Paetel, 1890

Anodonta (Pyganodon) nopalatensis Sowerby, 1867
+ Margaron (Anodonta) napolatensis Lea, 1870

Anodonta (Pyganodon) tabascensis A. Morelet, 1884

Anodonta impura Say, 1829

Dreissensia [sic] americana Récluz

Dreissensia [sic] cumingiana Dunker

Dreissensia [sic] domingensis Récluz

Dreissensia [sic] ecuadoriana Clessin

Dreissensia [sic] gundlachi Dunker

Dreissensia [sic] leucophæata Conrad

Dreissensia [sic] milleri Clessin

Dreissensia [sic] mörchiana Dunker

Dreissensia [sic] pfeifferi Dunker

Dreissensia [sic] riisei Dunker

Dreissensia [sic] rossmässleri Dunker

Dreissensia [sic] sallei Récluz

Dreissensia [sic] trautwineana Tryon

Unio (Amphinaias) couchianus I. Lea, 1860

Unio (Delphinonaias) delphinulus A. Morelet, 1849

Unio (Disconaias) discus I. Lea, 1838
+ Unio panacoensis Philippi, 1843
+ Unio mexicanus Sowerby, 1867

Unio (Phyllonaias) paludosus Morelet, 1849

Unio (Phyllonaias) planivalvis A. Morelet, 1851

Unio (Phyllonaias) scutulatus A. Morelet, 1849

Unio (Phyllonaias) scutulatus var. B obliterata

Unio (Phyllonaias) scutulatus var. G, secabilis

Unio (Plectomerus) digitatus Morelet, 1851

Unio (Plectomerus) eightsii I. Lea, 1860
+ Unio eighti Paetel, 1890

Unio (Plectomerus) nicklinianus I. Lea, 1832
+ Unio nicklianus Küster, 1861

Unio (Psoronaias) corium Reeve, 1864

Unio (Psoronaias) morini A. Morelet, 1851

Unio (Psoronaias) ostreatus Morelet, 1849

Unio (Psoronaias) percompressus E. v. Martens, 1887

Unio (Psoronaias) pliciferus Lea, 1836
+ Unio carbonarius Lea, 1838
+ Unio plexus Conrad, 1838

Unio (Psoronaias) psoricus Morelet, 1851

Unio (Psoronaias) semigranosus von dem Busch in Philippi, 1845

Unio (Psoronaias) testudineus A. Morelet, 1849
+ Unio semigranosus Reeve, 1864

Unio (Psoronaias) usumasintæ Crosse & Fischer, 1892

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