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Publication Deshayes (1854): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Veneridæ, Cyprinidæ and Glauconomidæ. Catalogue of the Conchifera or Bivalve Shells in the Collection of the British Museum part 1: 1-216. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Batissa atrata Desh.

Batissa childrenæ Gray, 1825 = Batissa violacea

Batissa corbiculoides Desh.

Batissa eximia Dunk. = Geloina bengalensis

Batissa humerosa Desh.

Batissa insignis Desh. = Batissa violacea

Batissa jayensis Lea = Batissa violacea

Batissa keraudrenia Less. 1829
+ Cyrena philippinarum Hanley, 1844

Batissa keraudrenia Less. 1829 = Batissa violacea

Batissa lenticularis Desh.

Batissa megadesma Desh.

Batissa obesa Hinds

Batissa producta Desh.

Batissa rotundata Lea

Batissa tenebrosa Hinds = Batissa violacea

Batissa triquetra Desh.

Batissa violacea Lamk.

Batissa violacea var. suborbicularis [sic] Mousson = Batissa violacea

Corbicula africana Krauss

Corbicula ambigua Desh.

Corbicula australis Desh.

Corbicula bengalensis Desh. = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula bensoni Desh.

Corbicula brasiliana Desh. = Cyanocyclas brasiliana

Corbicula cashmiriensis Desh.

Corbicula compressa Mousson, MSS. fide Morelet = Corbicula rivalis

Corbicula consobrina Cailliaud = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula convexa Desh.

Corbicula cor Lamarck = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula cumingii Desh. = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula cuneata Jonas = Cyanocyclas cuneata

Corbicula debilis Gould = Corbicula australis

Corbicula euphratica Bronn

Corbicula fluminalis Müll.
+ Cyclas euphratica Lamarck, 1806
+ Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818

Corbicula fluminalis Müll. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula fluminea Müll.

Corbicula fluviatilis Müll. = Corbicula manilensis
+ Cyrena manilensis Philippi, 1844

Corbicula fluviatilis Müll. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula grandis Desh. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula incrassata Desh. = Cyanocyclas cuneata

Corbicula largillierti Phil.

Corbicula limosa Maton = Cyanocyclas limosa

Corbicula malaccensis Desh.

Corbicula moussoni = Corbicula javanica
+ Cyrena orientalis var. javanica Mousson, 1849

Corbicula nepeanensis Less. = Corbicula australis

Corbicula nitens Philippi in Menke

Corbicula obscura Desh.

Corbicula obsoleta Desh.

Corbicula occidens Benson, 1824? = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula orientalis Lamk. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula ovalina Desh.

Corbicula panormitana Bivona

Corbicula paranensis D’Orb. = Cyanocyclas paranacensis
+ Cyclas (Cyrena) paranacensis d’Orbigny, 1835

Corbicula pulchella Mousson

Corbicula pullata Phil.

Corbicula pusilla Philippi = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848

Corbicula pusilla Philippi = Corbicula africana

Corbicula radiata Philippi = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyrena africana Krauss, 1848

Corbicula radiata Philippi = Corbicula africana

Corbicula recurvata Eydoux

Corbicula rivalis Von dem Busch in Phil.

Corbicula semisulcata Desh. = Cyanocyclas limosa

Corbicula similis Gray in Wood

Corbicula squalida Desh. = Corbicula manilensis

Corbicula striatella Desh.

Corbicula sulcatina Desh. = Corbicula largillierti

Corbicula triangularis Desh. = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula trigona Desh. = Corbicula striatella

Corbicula trigonella Desh. Lamk.

Corbicula tumida Desh.

Corbicula variegata D’Orb. = Cyanocyclas limosa

Corbicula woodiana Lea = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena aequilateralis Desh. = Polymesoda mexicana

Cyrena affinis Desh.

Cyrena angulata Desh. = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena anomala Desh. = Polymesoda anomala

Cyrena arctata Desh. = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena bengalensis Desh. Lamk. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena buschii Phil.

Cyrena caroliniensis Lamk. = Polymesoda caroliniana
+ Cyclas caroliniana Bosc, 1801

Cyrena compta Desh.

Cyrena conjuncta Desh.

Cyrena cordiformis Recluz = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena cumingii Desh.

Cyrena cyprinoides Quoy. & Gaim. = Geloina erosa

Cyrena decipiens Desh. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena depressa Desh. Lamk.

Cyrena divaricata Desh.

Cyrena dura Desh. = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena essingtonensis Desh.

Cyrena expansa Mousson = Geloina expansa

Cyrena fallax Desh. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena floridana Conrad, 1846 = Polymesoda floridana

Cyrena fontainei D’Orb. = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena galatheæ Mörch = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena impressa Desh. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena incerta Desh.

Cyrena inflata Desh. = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena inquinata Desh.

Cyrena insignis Desh. = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena isocardioides Desh. = Polymesoda anomala

Cyrena jukesi Desh.

Cyrena lauta Desh.

Cyrena mactroides Desh.

Cyrena maritima Adams = Polymesoda inflata

Cyrena mexicana Brod. & Sow. = Polymesoda mexicana

Cyrena nitida Desh. = Geloina nitida

Cyrena nitidula Desh. = Polymesoda mexicana

Cyrena notabilis Desh. = Polymesoda notabilis

Cyrena oblonga Quoy & Gaim.

Cyrena oviformis Desh.

Cyrena pallida Desh.

Cyrena papua Lesson = Geloina erosa

Cyrena peruviana Desh. = Polymesoda anomala

Cyrena placens Hanley, 1844 = Polymesoda fontainei

Cyrena placida Desh.

Cyrena radiata Hanley, 1844 = Polymesoda arctata

Cyrena salmacida Morelet = Polymesoda salmacida

Cyrena similis Desh. = Corbicula similis

Cyrena sinuosa Desh. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena solida Phil. = Polymesoda solida

Cyrena sordida Hanley, 1844

Cyrena sublobata Desh.

Cyrena suborbicularis Phil.

Cyrena subquadrata Desh.

Cyrena sumatrensis Sow. = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena triangula Phil.

Cyrena triangularis Metcalfe, 1851

Cyrena turgida Lea = Geloina bengalensis

Cyrena vanikorensis Quoy & Gaim.

Cyrena ventricosa Desh.

Cyrena zeylanica = Geloina erosa
+ Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791
+ Cyclas ceylanica Blainville, 1818

Pisum abditum Haldeman, 1841 = Euglesa casertana

Pisum abruptum Haldeman, 1841 = Pisidium dubium

Pisum adamsi = Pisidium jamaicense
+ Cyclas pygmaea Adams, 1849

Pisum altile Prime = Euglesa compressa

Pisum amnicum Müll. = Pisidium amnicum
+ Tellina rivalis Maton, 1797
+ Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806
+ Cyclas obliqua Lamarck, 1818
+ Pera fluviatilis Leach, 1852
+ Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832
+ Pisidium inflatum Porro, 1838
+ Pisidium pfeifferi Porro, 1838

Pisum amnicum Müll. = Euglesa henslowana

Pisum australe Lamk.

Pisum bahiense Spix = Eupera bahiensis

Pisum canariense Shuttleworth = Euglesa casertana

Pisum casertanum Poli, 1791 = Euglesa casertana
+ Cyclas fontinalis Nilsson, 1822
+ Pisidium australe Philippi, 1836
+ Pisidium cinereum Alder, 1838
+ Pisidium obtusale Villa, 1841
+ Cyclas lenticularis Normand, 1844
+ Pisidium iratianum Dupuy, 1849
+ Pisidium thermale Dupuy, 1849
+ Pisidium calyculatum Dupuy, 1849
+ Pisidium sinuatum Bourguignat, 1850
+ Pisidium lenticulare Dupuy, 1852

Pisum chilensis D’Orb. = Euglesa chilensis

Pisum compressum Prime = Euglesa compressa

Pisum creplini Dunker, 1845 = Sphaerium lacustre

Pisum dubium Say = Sphaerium striatinum
+ Cyclas striatina Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyclas dubiosa Catlow & Reeve, 1845

Pisum dubium Say = Pisidium dubium

Pisum edentulum Say = Sphaerium striatinum

Pisum ferrugineum Krauss = Eupera ferruginea

Pisum henslowianum [sic] Sheppard = Euglesa henslowana
+ Cyclas appendiculata Turton, 1831

Pisum lenticulare Normand = Euglesa casertana

Pisum lumstenianum Forbes = Euglesa casertana

Pisum maculatum Anton, 1837 = Eupera bahiensis

Pisum minus Adams & Migh. = Euglesa casertana

Pisum modioliformis Anton, 1837 = Eupera modioliforme

Pisum nitidum Jenyns = Euglesa nitida

Pisum obtusale Lamk. = Euglesa obtusalis
+ Cyclas gibba Alder, 1831

Pisum parasiticum Parreys, MSS = Eupera ferruginea

Pisum pulchellum Jenyns = Euglesa pulchella
+ Galileja tenebrosa Costa, 1839

Pisum pulchellum D’Orb. = Pisidium dorbignyi

Pisum pusillum Gmel. = Euglesa casertana
+ Cyclas fontinalis Draparnaud, 1806
+ Euglesa henslowiana Leach, 1852
+ Pisidium roseum Scholtz, 1843
+ Pisidium obtusale Gassies, 1849
+ Pera pulchella Leach, 1852
+ Cyclas pusilla Turton, 1822
+ Pisidium pusillum Jenyns, 1832

Pisum pusillum Gmel. = Euglesa personata

Pisum pusillum Gmel. = Euglesa pulchella

Pisum recluzianum [sic] Bourguignat, 1852

Pisum semen Menke

Pisum veatleyi Adams, = Eupera veatleyi

Pisum virginicum Gmel. = Pisidium dubium

Pisum vitreum Risso = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium joannis Macgillivroy, 1843
+ Pisidium jenynsii Macgillivroy, 1843
+ Pisidium normandianum Gassies, 1849
+ Pisidium limosum Gassies, 1849
+ Pisidium gassiesianum Gassies, 1849

Pisum vitreum Risso = Euglesa milium

Sphærium acuminatum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium albulum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium argentinum D’Orb. = Sphaerium argentinum

Sphærium aureum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium capensis Krauss = Sphaerium capense

Sphærium cardissa Prime = Sphaerium securis

Sphærium castaneum Prime = Sphaerium fabale

Sphærium consobrina Féruss. in Blainville = Sphaerium ovale
+ Cyclas lacustris Draparnaud, 1806

Sphærium consobrina Féruss. in Blainville = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphærium corneum Linn. = Sphaerium corneum
+ Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774
+ Nux nigella Humphrey, 1797
+ Cornea communis Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
+ Cyclas nucleus Studer, 1820
+ Cyclas leachii Villa, 1841
+ Cyclas plumbeus Villa, 1841
+ Cyclas scaldiana Normand, 1844
+ Cyclas flavescens Macgillivroy, 1843
+ Cyclas citrina Brown, 1844

Sphærium corneum Linn. = Sphaerium nucleus

Sphærium detruncatum Prime = Sphaerium transversum

Sphærium distortum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium dubium Say = Pisidium dubium

Sphærium egregium Gould

Sphærium elegans Adams = Sphaerium rhomboideum

Sphærium elevata Haldeman, 1841 = Sphaerium partumeium

Sphærium emarginatum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium fabale Prime = Sphaerium fabale

Sphærium flavum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium gigantea Prime = Sphaerium simile

Sphærium gracilis Prime = Sphaerium transversum

Sphærium indicum Desh. = Sphaerium indicum

Sphærium inornatum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium jayense (jayanum) Prime = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium lacustre Müll. = Sphaerium lacustre
+ Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806
+ Tellina tuberculata Alten, 1812
+ Tellina tenera of Authors, unknown year
+ Tellina stagnicola Sheppard, 1825
+ Cyclas calyculata C.B. Adams, 1842

Sphærium lacustre Müll. = Sphaerium partumeium

Sphærium maculatum Morelet = Eupera singleyi

Sphærium mirabilis Prime = Sphaerium partumeium

Sphærium modestum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium nitidum Mighels & Adams = Euglesa adamsii

Sphærium novaæ zelandiæ Desh. = Sphaerium novaezelandiae

Sphærium partumeia Say = Sphaerium partumeium

Sphærium patella Gould = Sphaerium patella

Sphærium ponderosum Prime = Sphaerium simile

Sphærium rhomboideum Say = Sphaerium rhomboideum

Sphærium rivicola Lamk. = Sphaerium rivicola
+ Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801
+ Cyclas rivicola var. sabulicola Krynicki, 1837
+ Cyclas aequata of Authors, unknown year

Sphærium rosaceum Prime = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium ryckholti Normand = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium securis Prime = Sphaerium securis

Sphærium simile Say = Sphaerium simile
+ Cyclas sulcata Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyclas sarratogea Lamarck, 1818

Sphærium simplex Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium solidulum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium solidum Normand = Sphaerium solidum

Sphærium steenbuchi Möll. = Euglesa casertana

Sphærium stramineum [sic] Conrad = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium tenuistriatum Prime = Sphaerium striatinum

Sphærium terveriana Dupuy = Sphaerium lacustre

Sphærium transversum Say = Sphaerium transversum

Velorita cyprinoides Gray, 1825 = Villorita cyprinoides