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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 Mörch (1863), 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=642 
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 Publication information 
Mörch, O.A.L. 1863. Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende Land-og Ferskvandsblöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (17-22): 265-367. 
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Attributed Species Names
  Anodonta intermedia Pfeiffer, 1821
      Pfeiffer, 1821, Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 113, pl. 6, fig. 3.
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 85.
    (misidentified reference to Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819)
    Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM SMF_5165, Aus Pfeiffer’s Hand, Fundort ? [probably:] lake Aueteich in Karlsaue park, Kassel [Germany].
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  Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
     Pfeiffer, 1821, Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 117, pl. 5, fig. 12.
     Rossmässler, 1853, Z. Malak. 10: 92.
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): .
    (misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798; error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)
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  Unio limosus maxima Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 341.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822; homonym of Unio pictorum maxima Mörch, 1863)
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  Unio conus compressa Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 340.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio conus Spengler, 1793; homonym of Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831)
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  Unio limosus pumila Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 341.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822; homonym of Unio pumilus Lea, 1838)
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  Anodonta radiata var. inornata Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 85.
    (reference to Anodonta inornata Küster, 1842)
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  Unio tumidus picta Mörch, 1863
     Beck in Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 339.
     Mörch, 1864, Syn. Moll. Daniae: 77.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788; homonym of Unio pictus Lea, 1834)
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  Unio pictorum maxima Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 340.
     Mörch, 1864, Syn. Moll. Daniae: 78.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Unio tumidus limicola Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 339.
     Mörch, 1864, Syn. Moll. Daniae: 77.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)
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  Anodonta cellensis var. cariosa Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 84-85.
    (reference to Anodonta cariosa Küster, 1842)
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  Unio conus compressissima Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 340.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio conus Spengler, 1793; homonym of Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845)
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  Anodonta radiata var. paludosa Mörch, 1863
     ‘Turton’ Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 86.
    (reference to Anodon paludosus Turton, 1822)
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  Anodonta cygnea lingua Mörch, 1863
     ‘Yoldi’ Mörch, 1853, Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. lingua’]. [nomen nudum]
     ‘(Yoldi)’ Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 83.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Anodonta cygnea lirata Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 83.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Anodonta cygnea lyngbyana Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 84.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Anodonta cygnea forchhammeri Mörch, 1863
     Mörch, 1863, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 84.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)
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Taxonomic Opinions
	 Unio (Mysca) conus Spegl.
	 + Unio cytherea Küster, 1833
	 
	Unio (Mysca) conus compressa 
	 + Mya depressa Donovan, 1801
	 + Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838
	 
	Unio (Mysca) conus var. compressissima 
	 + Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838
	 
	Unio (Mysca) limosus Nilss.
	 + Mya ovalis Lightfoot, 1786
	 + Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821
	 + Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836
	 
	Unio (Mysca) limosus  pumila 
	 
	Unio (Mysca) limosus maxima 
	 
	Unio (Mysca) pictorum L.
	 
	Unio (Mysca) pictorum deshayesii Michaud
	 + Mya ovata Donovan, 1802
	 + Unio actephilus Bourguignat, 1862
	 
	Unio (Mysca) pictorum maxima 
	 + Unio pictorum Rossmässler, 1836
	 
	Unio (Mysca) pictorum var. platyrhyncho Rm.
	 
	Unio (Mysca) tumidus Retz.
	 
	Unio (Mysca) tumidus limicola 
	 + Unio ater Nilsson, 1822
	 + Unio batavus Rossmässler, 1836
	 
	Unio (Mysca) tumidus picta (Bk.)
	 + Mya ovata Donovan, 1802
	 + Unio tumidus Rossmässler, 1836
	 
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