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Publication Pallary (1903): summary
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Complete Citation

Pallary, P. 1903. Mollusques recueillis par le Dr Innes Bey dans le Haut-Nil. Bulletin de l’Institut Égyptien 3 (4th series): 87-98, 2 pls.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula artini Pallary, 1903
Kobelt & Rolle, 1897. Iconogr. Land-Süßw.-Moll., Supplement 1 (5-6): pl. 28, fig. 6 [as ‘Corbicula consobrina’]. [in part]
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 93, pl. 1, fig. 4.

Corbicula artini var. albina Pallary, 1903
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 9.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula artini Pallary, 1903)

Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 97, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE IRSNB_MP_0663, Lac Albert-Edward.

Spathella fourtaui Pallary, 1903
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 96, pl. 1, fig. 3.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 85.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 55.

Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903
‘Letourneux’ Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 94, pl. 2, fig. 4.

Unio fourtaui Pallary, 1903
‘Phil.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 276, pl. 11, figs. 3-3b [as ‘U. teretiusculus’]. [in part]
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 95.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 49.

Unio mysticus Pallary, 1903
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 94, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 78.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 50, pl. 4, figs. 1-3.

Unio phileoichus Pallary, 1903
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 94.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria cailliaudi (Férussac, 1823) = Etheria elliptica
+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825
+ Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880
+ Aetheria nilotica Bourguignat, 1880
+ Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880

Mutela nilotica Férussac = Mutela dubia
+ Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868

Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903 = Aspatharia chaiziana

Unio aegyptiacus (Férussac) Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio phileoichus Pallary, 1903
+ Unio inflata Cristofori & Jan, 1832

Unio euryssellinus Letourneux = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio fourtaui Pallary = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Unio teretiusculus Jickeli, 1874

Unio mysticus Bourguignat = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1848 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847 = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Unio cailliaudi Martens, 1866
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847

 
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