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Publication Hupé (1857): summary

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Hupé, M.H. 1857. Mollusques. [in] F. de Castelnau, Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para: 1-103. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Monocondylea Moricand, 1837

Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 611.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Herrmannsen, 1849. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 668.
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 84.
Petit de la Saussaye, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 15.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4.
Deshayes & Jullien, 1876. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 117.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Zieritz et al., 2015. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 53(1): 82.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type species: Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Attributed Nominal Species

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Castalia acuticosta Hupé, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 77, pl. 14, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0162, Rio Mondego, (Bresil).

Iridina blainvilliana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Leila esula

‘Lea’ of Authors.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834)

Anodonta castelnaudii Hupé, 1857 = Anodontites trigona

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 88, pl. 18, fig. 4.

Hyria castelnaudii Hupé, 1857 = Prisodon obliquus

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 81, pl. 16, fig. 1.

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Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857 = Leila blainvilliana

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91, pl. 19, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0209, Rio Paraguay “Habite Bourbon ou Olympo (Paraguay).” .

There are 16 available nominal species attributed to this publication (24 total).
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Hyria complanata Hupé, 1857 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 80, pl. 15, fig. 3.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MNHN_MP_1542, Bresil.

Leila georgina Hupé, 1857 = Leila blainvilliana

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 91.
(misidentified reference to Anodon georginae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

Mycetopus hupeanus Clessin, 1876 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 19, fig. 2 [as ‘Mycetopus pygmaeus’].
Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 206, pl. 66, fig. 5.

Unio jaspidea Hupé, 1857 = Monocondylaea jaspidea

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 83, pl. 17, fig. 2.

Anodonta lingulata Hupé, 1857 = Anodontites trigona

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 89, pl. 18, fig. 1.

Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837 = Anodontites obtusa

‘Spix’ of Authors.
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 147.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 17, fig. 4 [as ‘Anodonta litturataq’].
(error for Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827)

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Castalia multisulcata Hupé, 1857 = Castalia multisulcata

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 75, pl. 14, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN-IM-2000-35484, Rio Mondego, (Bresil).

Anodonta obtusula Hupé, 1857 = Anodontites trigona

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 14 [17], fig. 3.

Unio orbignyana Hupé, 1857 = Castalia orbignyi

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 83, pl. 17, fig. 1.
(new name for Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850)

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Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857 = Leila esula

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 90, pl. 20, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0299, Amérique du Sud.

Mycetopus pygmaeus Hupé, 1857 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 19, fig. 2 [as ‘pygmæus’].
(reference to Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827)

Castalia retusa Hupé, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 75, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0294, Guyane.

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Anodonta solidula Deville & Hupé, 1850 = Anodontites elongata

Deville & Hupé, 1850. Rev. Mag. Zool. 2: 644, pl. 16, fig. 2.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 88, pl. 18, fig. 2.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1787, du Haut Amazone. Upper Amazon River.

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Hyria transversa Hupé, 1857 = Triplodon corrugatus

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 79, pl. 15, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0308, Bresil.

Anodonta trantwiniana Hupé, 1857 = Anodontites tortilis

‘Lea’ Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 90.
(error for Anodonta trautwiniana Lea, 1852)

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825 = Anodontites trapesialis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.
(error for Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819)

Castalia turgida Hupé, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 76, pl. 14, fig. 1.

Anodonta weddellii Hupé, 1857 = Anodontites patagonica

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 17, fig. 5.

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Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 93, pl. 20, fig. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0414, Santa Anna de Chiquitos, Bresil.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta castelnaudii Húpe, 1857 = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta crispata Lamk. = Anodontites crispata

Anodonta ensiformis (Spix) = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodonta exotica Lamarck = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon anserinus Wagner, 1827
+ Iridina trapezialis d’Orbigny, 1846

Anodonta lingulata Húpe, 1857 = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta litturata [sic] (Spix) = Anodontites obtusa

Anodonta membranaceus (Maton) = Diplodon variabilis
+ Anodonta membranacea d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Anodon rotundus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834

Anodonta membranaceus (Maton) = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta membranaceus (Maton) = Anodontites trapezea

Anodonta mortoniana Lea = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta obtusa (Spix) = Anodontites obtusa

Anodonta obtusula Húpe, 1857 = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta schrœteriana Lea = Tamsiella schroeteriana

Anodonta sirionos (d’Orbigny) = Anodontites patagonica
+ Unio (Anodontes) ferrarisii d’Orbigny, 1835

Anodonta sirionos (d’Orbigny) = Anodontites ferrarisii

Anodonta solidula Húpe et Deville = Anodontites elongata

Anodonta tortilis Lea, 1852 = Anodontites tortilis

Anodonta trantwiniana [sic] Lea, 1852 = Anodontites tortilis

Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Anodonta trapezialis [sic] Lamarck = Leila esula

Anodonta trigona (Spix) = Anodontites trigona
+ Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835

Anodonta weddellii Húpe, 1857 = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta wheatleyi Lea, 1852 = Anodontites elongata

Castalia acuticosta Húpe, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Castalia ambigua Lamarck
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827

Castalia duprei Récluz = Callonaia duprei

Castalia multisulcata Húpe, 1857

Castalia quadrilatera d’Orbigny = Castalia ambigua

Castalia retusa Húpe, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Castalia turgida Húpe, 1857 = Castalia ambigua

Hyria avicularis Lamarck = Prisodon obliquus
+ Unio caudatus Wagner, 1827
+ Diplodon furcatum Wagner, 1827

Hyria browniana (Lea) = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Hyria castelnaudii Húpe, 1857 = Prisodon obliquus

Hyria complanata Húpe, 1857 = Prisodon syrmatophorus

Hyria corrugata Lamarck = Triplodon corrugatus
+ Triplodon rugosus Wagner, 1827

Hyria syrmatophora (Linné) = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Hyria avicularis Lamarck, 1819

Hyria transversa Húpe, 1857 = Triplodon corrugatus

Leila blainvilliana (Lea)

Leila castelnaudii Hupé, 1857 = Leila blainvilliana

Leila esula (Gray)

Leila georgina [sic] (Gray, Griffith) = Anodontites trigona

Leila pulvinata Hupé, 1857 = Leila esula

Leila trapezialis (d’Orbigny non Lamarck) = Leila blainvilliana

Monocondylea guarayana (d’Orbigny) = Monocondylaea guarayana

Mycetopus pygmæus (Spix) = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopus siliquosus (Spix) = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Anodon longinus Wagner, 1827
+ Mycetopoda siliquosus d’Orbigny, 1835

Mycetopus soleniformis (d’Orbigny) = Mycetopoda soleniformis

Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orbigny = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mycetopus weddellii Hupé, 1857 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Unio besckeana Dunker = Diplodon ellipticus

Unio burroughiana Lea = Diplodon burroughianus

Unio coriacea Dunker = Diplodon multistriatus

Unio delodonta Lamarck = Diplodon delodontus
+ Diplodon rhombeus Wagner, 1827
+ Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834

Unio delodonta Lamarck = Diplodon rhombeus

Unio fontaineana [sic] d’Orbigny = Diplodon fontainianus

Unio granosa Brug. = Diplodon granosus

Unio granulifera Dunker = Diplodon multistriatus

Unio hylaea d’Orbigny = Diplodon hylaeus

Unio jaspidea Húpe, 1857 = Monocondylaea jaspidea

Unio multistriata Lea = Diplodon multistriatus

Unio orbignyana Húpe, 1857 = Castalia orbignyi
+ Unio orbignyi Deville & Hupé, 1850

Unio parallelopipedon Lea = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Unio pfeifferi Dunker = Diplodon pfeifferi

Unio psammactina Bronn = Diplodon granosus

Unio psammoica d’Orbigny = Castalia psammoica

 
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