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Publication Michaud (1831): summary

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Michaud, A.L.G. 1831. Complément de l’Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud. 116 pp. Available electronically.

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Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831 = Unio pictorum

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 107, pl. 16, fig. 30.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0039, Quimper (Finestre).

Unio elongata Michaud, 1831 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 113, pl. 16, fig. 29.
(reference to Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819)

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Unio lesumicus Locard, 1889 = Unio pictorum

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 108, pl. 16, fig. 25.
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 158 [52], 236 [130].
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 194.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22308, Vegesack, près Brême.

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Margaritana michaudi Locard, 1889 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 113, pl. 16, fig. 29 [as ‘Unio elongata’].
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 123 [17], 180 [74].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 150.
Type(s): PARALECTOTYPE MNHN_22368, Vire [Calvados].

Unio requienii Michaud, 1831 = Unio mancus

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 106, pl. 16, fig. 24.

Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831 = Margaritifera margaritifera

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 112, pl. 16, figs. 27-28.

Unio rostratus Michaud, 1831 = Unio pictorum

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 108, pl. 16, fig. 25.
(homonym of Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819)

Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831 = Potomida littoralis

Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 111, pl. 16, fig. 23.

 
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