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Publication Morelet (1875): summary

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Morelet, A. 1875. Séries Conchyliologiques comprenant l’énumération de Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueilles pendant le cours de différents voyages ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 4. 377 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta bellua Morelet, 1866 = Cristaria bellua

Morelet, 1866. Rev. Mag. Zool. 18: 167.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 331 [as ‘Dipsas’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MCZ_175610, Lake Touli-Sap, Cambodia, Indo China.

There are 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (18 total).

Monocondylaea exilis Morelet, 1866 = Bineurus exilis

Morelet, 1866. J. de Conch. 14: 63.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 340, pl. 17, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1981, Lac Tonli-Sap Cambodia.

Corbicula insularis Morelet, 1875 = Corbicula malaccensis

Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 361, pl. 16, fig. 4.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867)

Anodonta lemeslei Morelet, 1875 = Namkongnaia lemeslei

Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 328, pl. 14, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3150, Marecages de Battambang, Cambodge.

Anodonta linguaeformis Morelet, 1875 = Pilsbryoconcha linguaeformis

Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 329, pl. 14, fig. 5 [as ‘linguæformis’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-614, Cambodia.

Unio massini Morelet, 1864 = Physunio massini

Morelet, 1864. J. de Conch. 12: 288.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 348, pl. 15, fig. 1 [2].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1590, Cochin China.

Unio micropterus Morelet, 1866 = Lens micropterus

Morelet, 1866. J. de Conch. 14: 63.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 349, pl. 15, fig. 6 [7].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1596, Cambodia.

Unio misellus Morelet, 1865 = Lens misellus

Morelet, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 21.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 341, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1593, Siam.

Monocondylaea mouhotiana Lea, 1866 = Bineurus mouhotii

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 65 [69], pl. 21, fig. 62.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 73.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 339.
Crosse & Fischer, 1876. J. de Conch. 24: 332.
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 220 [as ‘Pseudodon mouhotianus’].
(error for Monocondyloea mouhotii Lea, 1863)

Monocondylus orbicularis Morelet, 1866 = Pseudodon cambodjensis

Morelet, 1866. Rev. Mag. Zool. 18: 167.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 338, pl. 16, fig. 5 [as ‘Pseudodon’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1982, Battambang, Siam.

Unio paivaeanus Morelet, 1875 = Lens contradens

Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 353 [as ‘paivæanus’].
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 164 [as ‘paivæanus’].
(error for Unio paivanus Morelet, 1865)

Unio pellislacerti Morelet, 1865 = Scabies scobinatus

Morelet, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 22 [as ‘pellis-lacerti’].
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 355, pl. 17, fig. 5 [as ‘pellis-lacerti].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1969, Cochin China.

Dreissena siamensis Morelet, 1866 = Limnoperna fortunei

Morelet, 1866. Rev. Mag. Zool. 18: 167.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 365, pl. 17, fig. 3 [as ‘Modiola’].

Monocondylus tumidus Morelet, 1866 = Sundadontina tumida

Morelet, 1866. J. de Conch. 14: 62.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 337, pl. 16, fig. 1 [as ‘Pseudodon’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1734, Cambodia.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta exilis Lea, 1839 = Pilsbryoconcha exilis
+ Anodonta polita Mousson, 1849
+ Anodonta siliqua Küster, 1853

Anodonta exilis Lea, 1839 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta lemeslei = Namkongnaia lemeslei

Anodonta linguæformis = Pilsbryoconcha linguaeformis

Corbicula amiralis [sic] Prime

Corbicula bocourti Morlt.

Corbicula castanea Morlt.

Corbicula episcopalis Prime = Corbicula solidula

Corbicula gubernatoria Prime

Corbicula insularis Prime

Corbicula larnaudieri Prime

Corbicula moreletiana Prime

Cyrena pallida Desh.

Cyrena sumatrensis Sow. = Geloina bengalensis
+ Cyrena siamica Prime, 1867

Cyrena triangula Busch
+ Cyrena triangularis Metcalfe, 1852

Cyrena triangula Busch

Dipsas bellua Morlt. = Cristaria bellua

Dipsas plicatus Leach = Cristaria plicata
+ Symphynota bialata Lea, 1829
+ Unio plicatus Sowerby, 1866

Modiola siamensis Morlt. = Limnoperna fortunei

Pseudodon cambodjensis Petit

Pseudodon exilis Morlt. = Bineurus exilis

Pseudodon mouhotianus [sic] Lea = Bineurus mouhotii

Pseudodon orbicularis Morlt. = Pseudodon cambodjensis

Pseudodon tumidus Morlt. = Sundadontina tumida

Pseudodon zollingeri Mouss. = Sundadontina cumingii
+ Anodonta cumingii Lea, 1851

Pseudodon zollingeri Mouss. = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Unio delphinus Grun. = Hyriopsis bialata
+ Unio megapterus Morelet, 1864

Unio gravidus Lea = Physunio superbus
+ Unio abnormis Morelet, 1862

Unio hainesianus Lea = Chamberlainia hainesiana
+ Unio imperialis Morelet, 1862

Unio ingallsianus Lea = Ensidens ingallsianus

Unio inornatus Lea = Lens micropterus
+ Unio inornatus Reeve, 1865

Unio inornatus Lea = Lens inornatus

Unio massini Morlt. = Physunio massini

Unio micropterus Morlt. = Lens micropterus

Unio misellus Morlt. = Lens misellus

Unio myersianus Lea = Hyriopsis myersiana
+ Unio housei Lea, 1856

Unio pellis-lacerti Morlt. = Scabies scobinatus

Unio rusticus Lea = Lens contradens
+ Unio paivanus Morelet, 1865

Unio scobinatus Lea = Scabies scobinatus
+ Unio mandarinus Morelet, 1864
+ Unio venustus Morelet, 1866

Unio scobinatus Lea = Scabies mandarinus

Unio tumidulus Lea = Lens contradens