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Publication Servain (1890): summary

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Servain, G. 1890. Des Acéphales lamellibranches fluviatiles du système Européen. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 7: 281-323. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Chambardia Servain, 1890

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304.
Type species: Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 413) = Chambardia letourneuxi

Complanatiana Servain, 1890

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 11 [55].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 9) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Elongatiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 325.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 11 [55, 59].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta ligerica Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 11) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Gabillotia Servain, 1890

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 296.
Type species: Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 649) = Anodonta anatina

Microcondylus Drouët, 1879

‘Vest’ of Authors.
Drouët, 1879. J. de Conch. 27: 137.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 294.
(error for Microcondylaea Vest, 1866)
Type species: Anodonta uniopsis Lamarck, 1819 = Microcondylaea bonellii

Rayana Servain, 1890

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 14 [55, 58].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta rayi Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 14) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Rossmassleriana Servain, 1890

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 11.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta rossmaessleri Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 11) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Scrupeana Servain, 1890

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 14 [55, 58].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876)
Type species: Pseudanodonta scrupea Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 14) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Attributed Nominal Species

Pseudanodonta aploa Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 60 [16], 144 [100].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 223.

Anodonta arcuata Martens, 1866 = Chambardia rubens

‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
specimen image from publication Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)

Pseudanodonta arnouldi Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 57 [13], 135 [91].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
‘F. Pacome’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 219.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MNHN_22115, La Loire, au pont de Cé (M.-Loir.).

Chambardia bourguignati Servain, 1890 = Chambardia letourneuxi

Letourneux in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 313, pl. 7, fig. 6.
(homonym of Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)

Etheria caillaudi Cuvier, 1817 = Etheria elliptica

‘Ferussac’ of Authors.
Cuvier, 1817. Règne Animal 2: 130.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 230.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 281.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 64.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 316.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 320.
(error for Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824)

There are 9 available nominal species attributed to this publication (43 total).

Mutelina calverti Servain, 1890 = Mutela rostrata

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304. [nomen nudum]

Spatha candida Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta cazioti Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 61 [17], 145 [101].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 225.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_22174, La Saône à Auxonne (Côte-d’Or).

Mutela chambardi Servain, 1890 = Mutela dubia

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela conica Servain, 1890 = Mutela dubia

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Mutela elata Servain, 1890 = Mutela alata

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303.
Brown, 1978. Biogeogr. Ecol. S. Africa: 1173.
(error for Spatha alata Lea, 1864)

Spatha elongata Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta euthymei Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 60 [16], 143 [99].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302. [nomen nudum]
‘F. Pacome’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 223.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_22204, [no locality available - Europe].

Mutelina gracilis Servain, 1890 = Mutela rostrata

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta grateloupiana Lea, 1852 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Gassies’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 29.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 303.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 55 [11].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 217.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 264.
(error for Anodonta gratelupeana Gassies, 1849)

Pseudanodonta imperialis Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 57 [13], 136 [92].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
‘Servain’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 219, fig. 231.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22278, La Vie, près Crève-Cœur (Calvados).

Pseudanodonta isarana Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 57 [13], 137 [93].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 220.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MNHN_22285, La Maine, à Cholet (Maine-et-Loire).

Spatha khedivialis Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 315. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta lacustris Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 57 [13], 139 [95].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
‘Servain’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 220.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MNHN_22302, Montfort (Sarthe).

Spatha laurenti Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890 = Chambardia letourneuxi

Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 307, pl. 7, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): TYPE UNKNOWN XXX_UNKNOWN, Lower Egypt, near Rameses.

Mutela letourneuxi Servain, 1890 = Mutela dubia

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Spatha letourneuxi Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Gabillotia locardi Servain, 1890 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 296, pl. 5, figs. 1-2.

Chambardia locardiana Servain, 1890 = Chambardia letourneuxi

Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 310.

Pharaonia misraimica Servain, 1890 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 290, pl. 6, fig. 6-7.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81 [as ‘Unio misraïmicus’]. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta mongazonae Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 57 [13], 138 [94] [as ‘mongazonæ’].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301 [as ‘mongazonæ’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 220 [as ‘mongazonæ’].
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MNHN_22375, La Puy-de-Dôme.

Pseudanodonta nantelica Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 56 [12], 131 [87].
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 218.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_22400, La Loire, Nantes.

Pseudodon pachyolenus Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4. [nomen nudum]
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 296. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta pacomei Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 61 [17], 146 [102].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 225.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_22439, La Saône à Neuville (Rhône).

Pseudanodonta pechaudi Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 56 [12], 132 [88].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 218.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22443, La Grosne, La Ferté (Saône-et-Loire).

Chambardia pharaonum Servain, 1890 = Chambardia letourneuxi

Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 312.

Chambardia rhynchoidea Servain, 1890 = Chambardia letourneuxi

Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 309, pl. 7, figs. 3-5.

Chambardia rhynchonella Servain, 1890 = Chambardia letourneuxi

Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 309.

Mutelina rhynchonella Servain, 1890 = Mutela rostrata

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta rivalis Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 58 [14], 140 [96].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 221.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MNHN_22495, [illegible] de Juigné (Maine-et-Loire).

Pseudanodonta rossmassleri Servain, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
(error for Pseudanodonta rossmaessleri Bourguignat, 1880)

Spatha rostrata Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta rothomagensis Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 56 [12], 134 [90].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301. [nomen nudum]
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 219, fig. 230.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22497 (by Graf, 2011: 501), La Seine au nord de Rouen.

Spatha rotundata Servain, 1890 = Chambardia rubens

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1905. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 489. [nomen nudum]

Mutela saulcyi Servain, 1890 = Mutela dubia

Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 303. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta schumanni Servain, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Borcherding, 1888. Moll. Nordw.: 15, pl. 4, fig. 5 [as ‘Anodonta elongata’].
‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.

Pseudanodonta trivurtina Locard, 1890 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 62 [18], 147 [103].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 302. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 225.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE MNHN_22585, La Saône à Couzon (Rhône).

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