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Publication Mongin (1963): summary

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Mongin, D. 1963. Les mollusques du “Continental Intercalaire” du Sahara Central, Lamellibranches. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 96 (N.S.): 5-40.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Caelatura Conrad, 1853

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Saharella Mongin, 1963

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 15.
Mongin, 1973. Acta Geol. Hispanica 13(1): 3 [as ‘Sagharella’].
Type species: Saharella tedreftensis Mongin, 1963 (orig. desig.) = Saharella tedreftensis

Tamesnella Mongin, 1963

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 17.
Type species: Tamesnella amatouensis Mongin, 1963 (orig. desig.) = Tamesnella amatouensis

Attributed Nominal Species

Tamesnella aferensis Mongin, 1963 = Tamesnella aferensis

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 18, pl. 3, fig. 3.

Lampsilis agadesensis Mongin, 1963 = unionoid fossil

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 23, pl. 5, fig. 4; pl. 6, fig. 2.

Tamesnella amatouensis Mongin, 1963 = Tamesnella amatouensis

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 18, pl. 2, fig. 3; pl. 3, fig. 2; text fig. 4.

Plicatounio flattersensis Mongin, 1963 = Monginella flattersensis

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 13, pl. 3, fig. 4.

Cuneopsis globulosus Mongin, 1963 = unionoid fossil

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 19, pl. 4, fig. 2; pl. 5, fig. 1-2.

Chamberlainia iguallalensis Mongin, 1963 = unionoid fossil

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 22, pl. 6, fig. 1.

Unio johannisboehmi Frech, 1911 = unionoid fossil

Frech, 1911. unknown publication: 223 [as ‘Unio J. Böhmi’].
‘Frech’ Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 21, pl. 5, fig. 3.
(correct name for Unio j. böhmi Frech, 1911)

Unio lapparenti Mongin, 1963 = unionoid fossil

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10, pl. 2, fig. 2; pl. 3, fig. 1.

Saharella tedreftensis Mongin, 1963 = Saharella tedreftensis

Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 15, pl. 4, figs. 1a-g.

Taxonomic Opinions

Caelatura [sic] jowikolensis (Newton, 1909)

Chamberlainia iguallalensis nov. sp.

Cuneopsis globulosus nov. sp.

Cuneopsis johannisboehmi (Frech, 1911)
+ Unio j. böhmi Frech, 1911

Desertella foureaui ‘Munier-Chalmas 1893’ Haug, 1905

Lampsilis agadesensis nov. sp.

Margaritifera (Margaritanopsis) humei (Newton, 1909)

Margaritifera (Pseudunio) valdensis (Mantell, 1844) = Margaritifera valdensis

Plicatounio flattersensis nov. sp. = Monginella flattersensis

Saharella tedreftensis nov. sp.

Tamesnella aferensis nov. sp.

Tamesnella amatouensis nov. sp.

Unio lapparenti nov. sp.

 
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