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Publication Pallary (1924): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Pallary, P. 1924. Supplément a la fauna malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l’Égypte. Mémoires de l’Institut d’Égypte 7 (n.s.). 61 pp., 4 pls.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) aenodus Bgt. = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) eurystellina [sic] Bourguignat = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi (v. de Buch) Philippi, 1848 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. anergus Bgt. (sp.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. curta Pallary = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. elongata (Longstaff, 1914) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. marchandi Pallary = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. minor = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio philesicus Pallary, 1924

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. obliqua (Longstaff, 1914) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. petrettinii Bgt. (sp.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) parreyssi var. sennaarensis [sic] Küster, 1862 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) rugifer Küster = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (Iaronia) dembeae Rssmlr. = Unio dembeae

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Férussac) Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio prasidens Pallary, 1924
+ Unio masranus Pallary, 1924
+ Unio companyoi Pallary, 1924
+ Unio canopicus Pallary, 1924
+ Unio hydrarius Pallary, 1924
+ Unio eucyphus Bourguignat, 1857

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca var. shambiensis (Longstaff, 1914) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) essoensis (Chaper) = Coelatura essoensis

Corbicula artini Pallary = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula eucistoera Pallary, 1909

Corbicula consobrina Cailliaud = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula plagista Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1889
+ Corbicula petrettinii Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula mahmoudiana Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula nilotica Clessin, 1879
+ Corbicula consobrina var. bithydea Pallary, 1909
+ Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846
+ Cyrena pusilla Philippi, 1846

Corbicula zelebori Jickeli = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula fluminalis Jickeli, 1874

Corbicula zelebori var. subtruncata Bgt. (sp.) = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula fluminalis Jickeli, 1874
+ Corbicula ampla Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula laurenti Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula thaumasia Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula platea Pallary, 1909
+ Corbicula alexandrina Pallary, 1909

Eupera letourneuxi Bourguignat = Eupera ferruginea
+ Eupera lhotelleriei Pallary, 1924

Eupera parasitica Parreyss = Eupera ferruginea

Leptospatha fourtaui (Pallary, 1909) = Aspatharia marnoi

Leptospatha marnoi Jickeli = Aspatharia marnoi

Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary = Mutela rostrata

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary = Mutela rostrata

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. rhynchota Bourguignat (sp.) = Mutela rostrata

Mutelina singularis Pallary = Mutela dubia

Pisidium pulchellum Jenyns = Euglesa pulchella

Pseudomutela plicata (Gray) Reeve = Mutela dubia

Spatha cailliaudi [sic] von Martens = Chambardia rubens
+ Spatha letourneuxi Servain, 1890
+ Spatha lhotellerii Pallary, 1924

Spatha hartmanni von Martens = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spatha innesi Pallary, 1909 = Aspatharia chaiziana

Sphaerium (Corneola) teilhardi Pallary = Sphaerium hartmanni

Unio vignardi Pallary, 1924 = Unio abyssinicus

Unio (Iaronia) gaillardoti Bourguignat = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Iaronia) niloticus Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Iaronia) niloticus var. sobaensis (Preston, 1914) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio (Iaronia) pruneri Bourguignat = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio emeterus Pallary, 1924
+ Unio monereus Pallary, 1924

Unio (Nitia) fourtaui Pallary = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) jickeli Simpson, 1900

Unio (Nitia) teretiusculus Philippi, 1847 = Nitia teretiuscula

Unio (Nitia) teretiusculus var. minor Pallary = Nitia teretiuscula

Unio (Nitia) teretiusculus var. pallaryi (Longstaff, 1914) = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847