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Publication Bruguière (1797): summary
Full Citation
Bruguière. 1797. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature 2. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal Genera
Anodontites Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 134.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201.
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 (monotypy) = Anodontites crispata
Corbula Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 230.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 89.
Cyclas Lamarck, 1799
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: 301.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 84.
(renamed Cycladea Rafinesque, 1815)
Type species: Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphaerium corneum
Galatea Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 250.
Type species: Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804 = Galatea paradoxa
Lima Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 206.
Lucina Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 284.
Pandora Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: ??.
Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: 150.
Attributed Nominal Species
Unio alatus Say, 1817 = Potamilus alatus
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.] ?.
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 2.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4349, N. Amerika.
Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 = Unio crassus
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2, 4-5.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 3.
Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 37.
Unio concentrica Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 3 [as Unio sp.].
‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819 = Triplodon corrugatus
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 247, figs. 2a-b [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 82, sp. 2.
(renamed Hyria rugosa Bory de St. Vincent, 1827; renamed Mya angulata Wood, 1828)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MHNG-MOLL-50578, Unknown.
Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797 = Parreysia corrugata
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6.
‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b. [in part]
(reference to Mya corrugata Müller, 1774)
There is 1 available nominal species attributed to this publication (31 total).
Unio crassus Say, 1817 = Ortmanniana ligamentina
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.].
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8.
‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49.
(homonym of Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788)
Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 = Anodontites crispata
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 135, pl. 8, figs. 6-7.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 3a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 7.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MPL_0038, Cayenne ? “Habite... les régions australes? Du voyage de Baudin. Mus. n°. Mon cabinet.” ["Lives... the southern regions? The Baudin voyage. Mus. No.. My cabinet.
Unio dilatatus Studer, 1820 = Unio nanus
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.].
Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 30.
Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 204, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 89, sp. 1.
Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula fluminea
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 320, pl. 30, figs. 320-321.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 2a-c.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].
Anodon giganteus Spix in Wagner, 1827 = Anodontites trapesialis
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 205, fig. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): PARATYPE SMF_3815, Rio Solimoes, b. Ega, Brasilien.
Unio granosa Bruguière, 1792 = Diplodon granosus
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 107, pl. 6, figs. 3-4.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, figs. 2a-b [as Unio sp.].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1710, Cayenne.
Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819 = Anodonta cygnea
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, figs. 2-3.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1785. Conchyl. Cab. 8: 186, pl. 86, fig. 763 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, fig. 2 [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 10.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0004, dans le Loir, près Châteaudun [in the Loir, near Châteaudun].
Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797 = Batissa violacea
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 301, fig. 1.
Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827 = Lampsilis radiata
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.].
‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 = Potomida littoralis
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 3.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 2 [as Unio sp.].
Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: 425.
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 76, sp. 25.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_UNKNOWN, France, common in the Seine.
Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819 = Lamellidens marginalis
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 247, figs. 1a-c [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 79, sp. 41.
(renamed Unio marginalis var. typica Hanley & Theobald, 1872)
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0031, Habite au Bengale, dans les rizières [sic]... La variété [b] vient de l’ile de Ceylon....Mon cabinet. [Lives in Bengal, in rice [sic]... The [b] variety comes from the island of Ceylon...My cabinet. ].
Unio mytiloides Bory de St. Vincent, 1827 = Pleurobema sintoxia
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.].
‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 585.
(homonym of Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820)
Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819 = Unio pictorum
Martini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: pl. 170, fig. 1650.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 9 [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, sp. 35.
(new name for Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791)
Unio ovatus Say, 1817 = Lampsilis ovata
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.].
Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 7.
Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 2, fig. 7.
Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50-51.
Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4338, N. Amerika.
Anodonta patagonica Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites patagonica
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 88, sp. 15.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_MOLL_50589, Rivers of the Río de la Plata and Patagonia.
Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819 = Amblema plicata
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 7 [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 4.
Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840 = Parreysia corrugata
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6.
‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b [as ‘Unio corrugata’]. [in part]
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379.
Anodonta radiata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], fig. 4a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
(homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820)
Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821 = Unio nanus
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.].
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 118, pl. 5, fig. 13.
Scholtz, 1843. Land- und Wassermoll. Schlesiens: 129. [nomen nudum]
Cyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium rivicola
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 159, fig. 14.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 5a-c.
‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 558.
Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819 = Chambardia rubens
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 6.
Type(s): UNKNOWN USNM_86780A, Nile ? Egypt ?
Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 = Pseudunio auricularius
Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 3 [sic]. [pre-linnaean]
Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean]
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 70, sp. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_XXX, the Rhine, the Loire and other rivers of continental Europe.
Anodonta sinuosa Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], fig. 2a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 87, sp. 14.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0009, [unknown].
Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819 = Anodonta cygnea
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 202, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 3.
Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819 = Anodontites trapesialis
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1785. Conchyl. Cab. 8: 185, pl. 86, fig. 762.Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 205, fig. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 87, sp. 11.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] & PARALECTOTYPE MHNG_MOLL_50581 (by R.I. Johnson, 1953: 94), Unknown.
