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 Anodonta pictetiana Brot, 1867

‘(Mortillet)’ Brot, 1867, Assoc. Zool. Léman Ann. (1866): 45, pl. 8, fig. 1-3.
Type(s): PARATYPE SMF_5157, Villeneuve, Genfer See [Lake Geneva] [Switzerland].

= Anodonta cygnea

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Anodonta (s.s.) cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Haas, 1969
+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1914
+ Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) — Simpson, 1900
= Anodonta (Euanodonta) pictetiana (Mort.) Brot — Westerlund, 1890
= Anodonta (Brotiana) pictetiana Mortillet, 1867 — Locard, 1890
= Anodonta pictetiana Mortillet, in sched. — Drouët, 1889
= Anodonta (Piscinaliana) pictetiana Mortillet in Brot, 1867 — Bourguignat, 1881
+ Anodonta mutabilis var. cellensis [sic] Schroeter — Clessin, 1877
+ Margaron (Anodonta) cygnea (Lin.) — Lea, 1870

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