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Publication Lamarck (1818): summary

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Full Citation

Lamarck. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres 5. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Abra Lamarck, 1818

Leach in Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: ??.

Amphidesma Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 489.

Capsa Lamarck, 1818

Humphrey, 1797. Mus. Col.: 59.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553.
(renamed Procos Gistl, 1848)

Cyprina Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 556.

Cyrena Lamarck, 1818

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 551’ [2nd page 551].
Type species: Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818 (sub. desig. by Children, 1823) = Corbicula fluminalis

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyclas australis Lamarck, 1818 = cyrenid species

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818 = Geloina bengalensis

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 554’ [2nd page 554].

Capsa brasiliensis Lamarck, 1818 = Iphigenia brasiliensis

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: ??.

Cyrena caroliniensis Lamarck, 1818 = Polymesoda caroliniana

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553’ [2nd page 553].
(error for Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801)

Solen constrictus Lamarck, 1818 = Sinonovacula constricta

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 670.

There are 22 available nominal species attributed to this publication (25 total).
image of type lot

Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula fluminalis

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3515, de l’Euphrate.

Cyrena depressa Lamarck, 1818 = corbiculid fossil

Martini & Chemnitz, 1784. Conch. Cab. 7: pl. 39, figs. 412-414.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553’ [2nd page 553].

Mya erodona Lamarck, 1818 = Erodona mactroides

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: ??.

Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula fluminea

specimen image from publicationMartini & 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].

Solen javanicus Lamarck, 1818 = Pharella javanica

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 451.

Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818 = Pisidium amnicum

specimen image from publicationMartini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 138, pl. 13, fig. 134.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 559.

Cyclas obtusalis Lamarck, 1818 = Euglesa obtusalis

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 559.

Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula fluminea

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].

Corbula porcina Lamarck, 1818 = Erodona mactroides

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: ??.

Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804 = Galatea paradoxa

Lamarck, 1804. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 433, pl. 28.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 555’ [2nd page 555].

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.

Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium simile

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Mya siliqua Lamarck, 1818 =

Chemnitz, 1795. Conchyl. Cab. 11: 192, pl. 198, fig. 1934. [non-binomial]
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 458.

Cyclas stagnicola Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium corneum

‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 559.
‘Leach, in litt.’ Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 152. [nomen nudum]

Cyclas striatina Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium striatinum

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium simile

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 560.

Cyrena trigonella Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula species

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552].

Cyrena truncata Lamarck, 1818 = corbiculid fossil

Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553’ [2nd page 553].

Cyrena violacea Lamarck, 1818 = Batissa violacea

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421 [412]. [nomen nudum]
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 553’ [2nd page 553].

Cyclas zeylanica Lamarck, 1806 = Geloina erosa

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 420.
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 554’ [2nd page 554].

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyclas australis

Cyclas calyculata Draparn. = Sphaerium corneum
+ Cyclas stagnicola Lamarck, 1818

Cyclas calyculata Draparn. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas cornea Lin. = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774

Cyclas fontinalis Draparn. = Euglesa casertana

Cyclas lacustris Mull. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas obliqua = Pisidium amnicum
+ Tellina amnica Müller, 1774

Cyclas obtusalis = Euglesa obtusalis

Cyclas rivicola Leach = Sphaerium rivicola

Cyclas sarratogea = Sphaerium simile

Cyclas striatina = Sphaerium striatinum

Cyclas sulcata = Sphaerium simile

Cyrena bengalensis = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena caroliniensis [sic] Bosc = Polymesoda caroliniana

Cyrena cor = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrena depressa
+ Venus borealis Gmelin, 1791

Cyrena fluminea Gmel. = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena orientalis = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena trigonella

Cyrena truncata

Cyrena violacea = Batissa violacea

Cyrena zeylanica = Geloina erosa
+ Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
+ Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

Galathea radiata = Galatea paradoxa
+ Venus paradoxa Born, 1778
+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791

Glycimeris siliqua Chemn.
 
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