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 |  | Publication information Gmelin, J.F. 1791. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, locis 1(6): 3021-3909. Click here for online access. Attributed Species Names
  | Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767
  Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108.
 Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271.
 |  | Cardium trilaterum Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3253.
 |  | Venus casta Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.
 |  | Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
  Lister, 1678, Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 15, pl. 1, fig. 1. [pre-linnaean]
 Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
 Klein, 1753, Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: pl. 10, fig. 47. [pre-linnaean]
 Knorr, 1757, Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2.
 Schröter, 1779, Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 5.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3219, sp. 4.
 (misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)
 |  | Cardium crassum Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3254.
 |  | Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791
  Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 326, pl. 31, figs. 327-329. [non-binomial]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.
 |  | Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
  Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.
 |  | Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
    Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 158, fig. 13. [non-binomial]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3280.
 |  | Solen maximus Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3227.
 |  | Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
    Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 157, fig. 12. [pre-linnaean]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359, sp. 34.
 (homonym of Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771)
 |  | Venus meretrix var. beta Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273.
 (intro'd as intra-sp. of Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)
 |  | Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
    Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 152, fig. 7.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9, var. b. [in part]
 (misidentified reference to Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791)
 |  | Donax laevigata Gmelin, 1791
    Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 253, pl. 25, fig. 249.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3265.
 |  | Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791
    Lister, 1678, Hist. Anim. Anglic.: 174, pl. 4, figs. 123.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1784, Conch. Cab. 7: pl. 39, figs. 412-414.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3285.
 |  | Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791
  Martini & Chemnitz, 1788, Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1650.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 23.
 (renamed Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819)
 |  | Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
    Schröter, 1779, Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 1.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3362, sp. 51.
 (renamed Anodonta cellensis Pfeiffer, 1821)
 |  | Mytilus lineatus Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3359.
 |  | Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3273, var. B.
 (misidentified reference to Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758)
 |  | Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791
  Martini & Chemnitz, 1788, Conchyl. Cab. 10: 346, pl. 170, fig. 1649 [as ‘Mya corrugata magna’].
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 32.
 |  | Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
    Schröter, 1779, Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, fig. 1.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3352, sp. 50.
 |  | Tellina virginica Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3236.
 |  | Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
  Lister, 1678, Hist. Anim. Anglic.: pl. 2, fig. 30; [app.] pl. 1, fig. 4. [pre-linnaean]
 Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 146, fig. 1; pl. 147, figs. 2-3. [pre-linnaean]
 Schröter, 1779, Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, figs. 2-5; pl. 4, fig. 6.
 Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3218, sp. 3.
 (misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)
 |  | Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
    Adanson, 1757, Hist. Nat. Sénégal, Coquillages: 234, pl. 17, fig. 21 [as ‘le mutel’]. [pre-linnaean]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3363, sp. 56.
 (renamed Anodonta adansonii Gray, 1825)
 Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_UNCATALOGED, “lacs d’eau douce de l’intérieur du Sénégal”.
 |  | Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
  Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, fig. 336.
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3278.
 |  | Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
    Schröter, 1783, Einl. Conch. 2: 617, sp. 9, pl. 7, fig. 5. [non-binomial]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222, sp. 16.
 |  | Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
  Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: 23, pl. 2, fig. 7 [as ‘Mya pictorum tenuis’].
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3220, sp. 9. [in part]
 |  | Tellina calcarea Gmelin, 1791
    Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3236.
 |  | Tellina pusilla Gmelin, 1791
    Schröter, 1779, Gesch. Flußconch.: 194, pl. 4, figs. 7a-b. [non-binomial]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3231.
 |  | Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791
    Meuschen in Gronovius, 1781, Zoophylacium Gronovianum: pl. 8, figs. 1-2. [non-binomial]
 Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3222.
 |  Taxonomic Opinions| 
	 Mya corrugata Müller, 1774
	 Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
	+ Dichonca crassissima Klein, 1753
 Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791
	 Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758
	 Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
	+ Mya radiata Gmelin, 1791
 Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791
	 Mya spuria Gmelin, 1791
	 Mya syrmatophora Gronovius, 1781
	 Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
	 Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758
	+ Mytilus radiatus Müller, 1774
 Mytilus dubius Gmelin, 1791
	 Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791
	 Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791
	 Mytilus zellensis Gmelin, 1791
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