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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 Eichwald (1838), 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

Eichwald, E. 1838. Faunæ Caspii Maris primitiæ. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 11: 125-174.

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Attributed Genus Names

Glycymeris Eichwald, 1829
‘Lamarck’ Eichwald, 1829, Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279.
‘Lamarck’ Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 169.
(error for Glycimeris Lamarck, 1799)

Hypanis Ménétries, 1832
Ménétries, 1832, Cat. rais. obj. zool. Caucase: 271.
Krynicki, 1837, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 10(2): 63.
Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 169.
Type species: Glycymeris plicata Eichwald, 1829 () = Hypanis plicata

Monodacna Eichwald, 1838
Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 167.

Didacna Eichwald, 1838
Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 166.
Type species: Cardium trigonoides Pallas, 1771 () = Didacna trigonoides

Adacna Eichwald, 1838
Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 169.
Type species: Glycymeris laeviuscula Eichwald, 1829 (sub. desig. by Vest, 1875) = Adacna laeviuscula

Attributed Species Names

Anodonta riparium Eichwald, 1838
‘Pfeiff.’ Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 163. [nomen nudum]

Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838
Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 168.

Adacna plicata Eichwald, 1838
Eichwald, 1838, Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 171 [as var. B].
(reference to Glycymeris plicata Eichwald, 1829)

Taxonomic Opinions

Adacna colorata m.

Adacna læviuscula n.

Adacna plicata m.
+ Hypanis plicata Ménétries, 1832

Adacna vitrea m.
+ Amphidesma caspia Krynicki, 1837

Anodonta cellensem Pfeiff.

Anodonta cygneum Pfeiff.

Anodonta intermedium Lam.

Anodonta ponderosum Pfeiff.

Cardium edule L.

Cardium rusticum L.

Cyrena fuscata Lam.

Cyrena orientalis Lam.

Didacna crassa n.
+ Cardium eichwaldi Krynicki, 1837

Didacna trigonoides (Pall.)

Dreissena polymorpha van Ben.

Monodacna caspia m. Zool. special.

Monodacna pontica m.

Mytilus edulis L.

Unio pictorum Lam.

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