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Publication Chenu (1858): summary

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Full Citation

Chenu. 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta burroughiana Chenu, 1858 = Anodontites trapesialis

Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 3.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta burroughiana Lea, 1834)

Anodonta lymnoica Chenu, 1858 = Anodontites trigona

Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 3, figs. 1-1b.
(error for Unio (Anodontes) limnoica d’Orbigny, 1835)

Unio semirugatus Chenu, 1858 = Parreysia corrugata

Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 12, figs. 2-2a.
(homonym of Unio semirugata Lamarck, 1819)

Pleiodon splendens Conrad, 1854 = Pleiodon ovatus

‘Chenu’ Conrad, 1854. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 2(4): 299.
Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 5, figs. 2-2d.

image of type lot

Iridina splendida Chenu, 1858 = Pleiodon ovatus

Chenu, 1858. Illustr. Conchyl.: pl. 1, figs. 2-2d.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0311, Senegal.

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