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Publication Lamarck (1806): summary

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Full Citation

Lamarck. 1806. Sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle 7: 419-430. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyclas borealis Lamarck, 1806 = Corbicula species

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421.

Cyclas chinensis Lamarck, 1806 = Corbicula fluminea

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 421 [412].
(new name for Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774)

Cyclas euphratica Lamarck, 1806 = Corbicula fluminalis

Lamarck, 1806. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 420.

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 borealis n.

Cyclas caroliniana Bosc = Polymesoda caroliniana

Cyclas chinensis n. = Corbicula fluminea
+ Tellina fluminea Müller, 1774

Cyclas euphratica n. = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Venus fluminalis euphratis Martini & Chemnitz, 1782

Cyclas euphratica n. = Corbicula fluminea

Cyclas islandica n. = Batissa violacea
+ Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797

Cyclas islandica n. = Arctica islandica

Cyclas violacea Nova spec. = Batissa violacea

Cyclas zeylanica n. = Geloina erosa
+ Venus ceylonica Martini & Chemnitz, 1782
+ Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

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