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Publication Morlet (1891): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Morlet, L. 1891. Contributions à la Faune malacologique de l’Indo-Chine. Journal de Conchyliologie 39: 230-254. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula crosseana Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 239.
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 237.
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 441.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula crosseana Prime, 1867)

Corbicula insularis Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 238.
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 237.
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 441.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula insularis Prime, 1867)

Corbicula laeviuscula Prime, 1863
‘Prime’ of Authors.
Prime, 1863. Cat. Corbicul.: 3.
Crosse & Fischer, 1876. J. de Conch. 24: 334.
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 253.
(error for Corbicula leviuscula Prime, 1867)

Corbicula larnaudiei Fischer, 1891
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 237.
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 238.
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 441.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula larnaudieri Prime, 1862; error for Corbicula larnaudieri Prime, 1862)

Corbicula lemoinei Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 253, pl. 7, fig. 5.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3521, [no locality available].

Corbicula subnitens Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 253.
Fischer, 1891. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 4: 237.
Fischer & Dautzenberg, 1904. Mission Pavie 3: 441.
(misidentified reference to Corbicula subnitens Clessin, 1887)

Unio molleuri Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 238, 242, pl. 7, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0119, [no locality available - Asia] Published type locality “Hab. Vallée du Mékong, sur les bords du rivage de ce fleuve (Molleur).”.

Unio paviei Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 238, 241, pl. 7, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0114, [no locality available - Asia].

Unio scobinatus var. minor Morlet, 1891
Morlet, 1891. J. de Conch. 39: 237.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta striata Heude = Sinanodonta pacifica

Corbicula crosseana T. Prime, 1867 = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula ducalis T. Prime, 1862

Corbicula episcopalis T. Prime, 1868-1870 = Corbicula solidula

Corbicula gubernatoria T. Prime, 1868-1870

Corbicula insularis T. Prime, 1867

Corbicula lamarckiana T. Prime, 1867

Corbicula larnaudiei [sic] T. Prime, 1862 = Corbicula larnaudieri

Corbicula læviuscula [sic] T. Prime = Corbicula leviuscula

Corbicula lemoinei Morlet, nov. sp. = Corbicula tenuis

Corbicula primeana T. Prime, 1867 = Corbicula bocourti

Corbicula subnitens Clessin, 1887

Dipsas discoidea Lea, 1834 = Pletholophus tenuis

Pseudodon vondembuschiana Lea = Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Unio dorri Wattebled, 1886 = Nodularia dorri

Unio inornatus Lea, 1856 = Lens inornatus

Unio leai Gray in Griffith = Lamprotula leaii

Unio micropterus Morelet, 1866 = Lens micropterus

Unio misellus Morelet, 1865 = Lens misellus

Unio molleuri Morlet, nov. sp. = Unionetta fabagina

Unio paviei Morlet, nov. sp. = Chamberlainia hainesiana

Unio scobinatus Lea, 1856 = Scabies scobinatus

Unio scobinatus var. minor = Scabies crispata

 
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