MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Thu 04 Apr 2024

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

This page documents data for Da Costa (1778), 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.

Search the database pages:

Publication information

Da Costa, E.M. 1778. Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniæ, or The British Conchology, etc.: .

Click here for online access.

Attributed Species Names

Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778
Da Costa, 1778, British Conch.: 225, pl. 15, fig. 3.
(reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Mytilus anatinus Da Costa, 1778
Da Costa, 1778, British Conch.: 215, pl. 15, fig. 2.
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Cardium nux Da Costa, 1778
Da Costa, 1778, British Conch.: 173, pl. 13, fig. 2.

Page updated: 07:20:20 Thu 04 Apr 2024

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."