| Page last updated
Sun 07 Sep 2025 |
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 Küster (1854), 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=664
Search the database pages:
|
|
Publication information
Küster, H.C. 1854. Die Flussperlmuscheln (Unio et Hyria). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz Fortgesetzt von Hofrath Dr. G. v. Schubert und Professor Dr. J.A. Wagner 9(2): 89-120, pls. 25-33.
Click here for online access.
Attributed Species Names
Unio petterianus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 97, pl. 26, fig. 4.
|
Unio petrovichii Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 98, pl. 26, figs. 5-6; pl. 27, fig. 1.
|
Unio crassus Küster, 1854
‘Retz.’ Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 113, pl. 31, fig. 5. [in part]
(reference to Unio crassus Retzius, 1788)
|
Unio nathusii Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 92, pl. 25, figs. 1-2.
(intro'd as syn of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)
|
Unio pallens Küster, 1854
‘Parreiss’ Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 95, pl. 25, fig. 5; pl. 26, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842)
|
Unio pallens var. albina Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 105, pl. 28, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio pallens Rossmässler, 1842)
|
Unio quinqueannulatus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 93, pl. 25, figs. 3-4.
|
Unio concinnus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 93.
(intro'd as syn of Unio quinqueannulatus Küster, 1854)
|
Unio maltzani Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 106, pl. 29, figs. 1-2.
|
Unio carneus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 103, pl. 28, figs. 1-2.
|
Unio nessorhynchus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 116, pl. 31, fig. 6.
|
Unio heldii Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 111, pl. 30, fig. 5-7.
|
Unio luxurians Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 119, pl. 32, fig. 5.
|
Unio brevirostris Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 120, pl. 33, figs. 1-3.
|
Unio viridiflavus Küster, 1854
Küster, 1854, Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 96, pl. 26, figs. 2-3.
|
Taxonomic Opinions
Unio amnicus Ziegler
Unio aradae Philippi
Unio ater Nilsson
+ Unio consentaneus Rossmässler, 1836
+ Unio nessorhynchus Küster, 1854
Unio brevirostris Küster
Unio carneus Küster
Unio crassus Retz.
+ Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Unio crassus Nilsson, 1822
+ Unio rubens Menke, 1828
Unio decurvatus Rossmässler
+ Unio atrovirens Rossmässler, 1836
Unio elongatulus Mühlfeld
+ Unio elongatulus Rossmässler, 1835
Unio heldii Küster
+ Unio phaseolus Kobelt, 1879
Unio limosus var. Nilsson
Unio luxurians Küster
Unio maltzani Küster
Unio moquinianus Dupuy
+ Unio destructilis Kobelt, 1915
Unio pallens Parreiss
Unio pallens var. albina
Unio petrovichii Küster
Unio petterianus Küster
Unio quinqueannulatus Küster
+ Unio concinnus Küster, 1854
Unio reniformis J.F. Schmidt
+ Unio piscinalis J.F. Schmidt, 1847
Unio sandrii Villa
Unio viridiflavus Küster
|
|
Page updated: 08:43:16 Sun 07 Sep 2025 |
|
