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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 Middendorff (1851), 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

Middendorff, A.Th.v. 1851. Wirbellose Thiere: Annulaten. Echinodermen. Insecten. Krebse. Mollusken. Parasiten. Reise in den Äussersten Norden und Osten Sibiriens, Zoologie 2(1): 163-508.

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Attributed Species Names

Anodonta (Dispsas) herculea Middendorff, 1848
Middendorff, 1848, Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg 6: 303.
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 278, pl. 21, fig. 5; 22, figs. 1-2; pl. 26, figs. 1-2.

Unio (Alasm.) dahuricus Middendorff, 1850
Middendorff, 1850, Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg 9: 109.
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 275, pl. 26, figs. 3-5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZISP_7A, Argun’ River at the place of its joining the Shylka River.

Unio pictorum var. longirostris Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 276-277, pl. 28, figs. 1-3.
Schrenck, 1867, Reise Forsch. Amurlande 2: 696.
(misidentified reference to Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836)

Anodonta cellensis var. beringiana Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 284, pl. 28, figs. 4-7; pl. 29, figs. 1-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)

Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851
‘Solander’ Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 273, pl. 27, figs. 1-6.
(misidentified reference to Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786)

Unio mongolicus Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 277, pl. 27, figs. 7-8.

Cyclas calyculata var. compressa Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 288, pl. 29, figs. 9-10.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806)

Cyclas calyculata var. inflata Middendorff, 1851
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 287.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842)

Unio middendorffi Westerlund, 1890
Middendorff, 1851, Reise Nord. Ost. Sibiriens 2(1): 276-277, pl. 28, figs. 1-3 [as Unio pictorum var. longirostris].
Westerlund, 1890, Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 113.
Type(s): NEOTYPE BIV229_5, Gladkaya River, Primorye Region, Russia.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina L.
+ Anodonta anatina Gebler, 1829
+ Anodonta sedakowi Siemaschko, 1848

Anodonta cellensis var. beringiana Midd.

Anodonta herculea Middendorff

Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Solander

Unio (Alasm.) dahuricus Middendorff, 1850

Unio mongolicus Midd.

Unio pictorum var. longirostris

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