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Publication Drouët (1857): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Drouët, H. 1857. Études sur les Naïades de la France, seconde partie: Unio, avec neuf planches noires. 136 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio ater Drouët, 1857
‘Nilss.’ Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 72, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(reference to Unio ater Nilsson, 1822)

Unio ignari Locard, 1889
‘Nilss.’ Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 72, pl. 4, fig. 1 [as ‘U. ater’].
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 146 [40], 213 [107].
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 176.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_22270, Le Mandrezey, à Saulcy-sur-Meurthe (Vosges).

Unio ignariformis Locard, 1889
‘Dup.’ Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 100, pl. 9, fig. 1 [as ‘U. platyrhynchoideus’].
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 147 [41], 214 [108].
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 177.

Unio littoralis Drouët, 1857
Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 3, fig. 2. [in part]
(reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio nanus Drouët, 1857
‘Lam.’ Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 5, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio nana Lamarck, 1819)

Unio platyrhynchoideus Drouët, 1857
‘Dup.’ Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 100, pl. 9, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio platyrinchoideus Dupuy, 1849)

Unio requienii Drouët, 1857
‘Mich.’ Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 93, pl. 7, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)

Unio sousanus Locard, 1889
Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 7, fig. 3 [as ‘Unio requienii var. acruata’].
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 11, fig. 2 [as ‘Unio requienii var. acruatus’].
‘Castro’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 165 [59].
‘Castro’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 197, fig. 211 [as ‘souzanus’].
‘Castro’ Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 258.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22545 (by Graf, 2011: 505), le Rhône, à Valence (Drôme).

Unio littoralis var. complanata Drouët, 1857
Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 215, 218.
(homonym of Mya complanata Lightfoot, 1786; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio littoralis var. irregularis Drouët, 1857
Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 218, 215.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio requienii var. arcuata Drouët, 1857
Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 7, fig. 3.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 11, fig. 2.
(misidentified reference to Unio arcuata Jacquemin, 1835)

Unio requienii var. minima Drouët, 1857
Drouët, 1857. Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: 97, pl. 7, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)

 
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