Publication Bosc (1801): summary

Full Citation

Bosc, L.A.G. 1801. Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages. Avec figures dessinees d'apres nature. 3 (1st ed.). 292 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Hiatella Bosc, 1801

Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: ??.

Ungulina Bosc, 1801

Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 76.
Type species: Ungulina rubra de Roissy, 1805 = Ungulina rubra

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 142.
Bosc, 1824. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 139, pl. 23, fig. 2.

Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801 = Polymesoda caroliniana

Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: pl. 18, fig. 4.

Anodonta fluviatilis ‘Gmelin’ of Authors = Pyganodon cataracta

‘Gmelin’ of Authors.
Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 146.
Dillwyn, 1817. Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells 1: 316 [’Mytilus fluviatilis’].
Bosc, 1824. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 143.
(misidentified reference to Mytilus fluviatilis Gmelin, 1791)

Anodonta stagnalis Bosc, 1801 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Gmelin’ Bosc, 1801. Hist. Nat. Coquilles 3: 146.
(reference to Mytilus stagnalis Gmelin, 1791)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia

Anodonta fluviatilis (Gmelin, 1791) = Atlanticoncha ochracea

Anodonta stagnalis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta zellensis (Gmelin, 1791) = Anodonta cygnea

Unio caroliniana Bosc, 1801 = Uniomerus carolinianus

Unio margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) = Margaritifera margaritifera + Pseudunio auricularius

+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791

+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum + Unio crassus

+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791