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Publication Daget (1998): summary

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Full Citation

Daget, J. 1998. Catalogue raisonné des Mollusques bivalves d’eau douce africains. 329 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Misgranaja Daget, 1998

‘Hannibal’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 84.
(error for Migranaja Hannibal, 1912)
Type species: Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 = Potomida littoralis

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula aniaria Daget, 1998 = Corbicula fluminalis

‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 178.
He & Zhuang, 2013. Freshwater Bivalves China: 134.
(error for Corbicula aniara Pallary, 1909)

Unio backoyi Daget, 1998 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Rochebrune’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 25, 31.
(error for Unio bakoyi Rochebrune, 1882)

Dreissensia bananensis Daget, 1998 = Mytilopsis africana

‘Preston’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 165.
(error for Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909)

Unio billotianus Simpson, 1900 = Coelatura ratidota

‘Charmes’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 847.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 84.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1130.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 52.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 190.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 65.
(error for Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885)

Unio campanyoi Daget, 1998 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Pallary’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 26.
(error for Unio companyoi Pallary, 1924)

There are 22 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).

Anodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Linnaeus’ of Authors.
Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 109 [’Anodontites cygnæa’].
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 189 [as ‘cygnæa’].
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 601.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 140.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 269.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 89.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 70 [26].
Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 126.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 39.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 234.
Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 267.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 752.
‘Linnaeus’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 19.
Dhora, 2009. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade 61(3): 547.
(error for Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio degousei Daget, 1998 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Pallary’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 35.
(error for Unio degouseei Pallary, 1909)

Nodularia (Caelatura) dumeniliana Daget, 1998 = Coelatura ratidota

‘Kobelt’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 824.
(error for Nodularia (Caelatura) dusmeniliana Kobelt, 1910)

Pisidium eduardi Daget, 1998 = Euglesa casertana

‘Kuiper’ of Authors.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 193.
Vinarski & Kantor, 2016. Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 109.
(error for Pisidium edouardi Kuiper, 1953)

Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergi Daget, 1998 = Coelatura kunenensis

‘Germain’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 59.
(error for Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920)

Pisidium amnicum var. elongatula Daget, 1998 = Pisidium amnicum

‘Baudon’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 234.
(error for Pisidium amnicum var. elongata Baudon, 1857)

Unio eurysellinus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 381.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 175.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 26.
(error for Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903)

Pisidium harisoni Daget, 1998 = Pisidium harrisoni

‘Kuiper’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 197.
(error for Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964)

Mutela mabilli Connolly, 1931 = Mutela zambesiensis

‘Rochebrune’ of Authors.
Connolly, 1931. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 29: 324.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 146.
(misidentified reference to Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Pleiodon macmurtrei Conrad, 1834 = Pleiodon ovatus

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 443.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 601.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834)

Unio martelli Haas, 1969 = Potomida littoralis

‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 276.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 85.
Graf & Cummings, 2011. Hydrobiologia 678: [3].
(error for Unio marteli Pallary, 1918)

Spatha wahlbergi var. montai Daget, 1998 = Chambardia moutai

‘Dartevelle’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 126.
(error for Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi moutai Dartevelle, 1939)

Aspatharia nigeriensis Daget, 1962 = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

specimen image from publication Daget, 1962. J. de Conch. 102: 25, figs. 14-15.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 101.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0261, Boussa, Nigeria.

Aspatharia pfeifferiana Connolly, 1939 = Aspatharia subreniformis

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 615.
specimen image from publication Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 164.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: ??.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860)

Unio tanquerellanus Daget, 1998 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Pallary’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 35.
(error for Unio tanquerelianus Pallary, 1909)

Eupera triangulum Daget, 1998 = Eupera triangularis

‘Mandahl-Barth’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 190.
(error for Eupera triangularis Mandahl-Barth, 1973)

Grandidieria ujijensis Bourguignat, 1885 = Nyassunio ujijiensis

‘Crosse’ of Authors.
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
‘Crosse’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 79 [as ‘Nyassunio ujijensis’].
(error for Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)

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