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Publication Pallary (1939): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Pallary, P. 1939. Deuxième addition a la faune malacologique de la Syrie. Mémoires de l’Institut d’Égypte 39: 1-141.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Euphrata Pallary, 1933
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 150.
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939 = Anodonta vescoiana

Limnium Agassiz, 1846
‘Oken’ Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 211.
‘Oken’ Stabile, 1859. Atti soc. geol. Milano 1: 170.
‘Oken’ Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 120.
(error for Lymnium Oken, 1815)

Nemrodia Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 (sub. desig. by of Authors, 0) = Unio tigridis

Nemrodiana Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 119.
(error for Nemrodia Pallary, 1939)

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (15 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana = Anodonta vescoiana

Anodonta (Euphrata) vescoiana Bourguignat, 1857 = Anodonta vescoiana

Leguminaia mardinensis Lea, 1864 = Leguminaia wheatleyi
+ Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei Kobelt, 1913
+ Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913

Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Leguminaia tripolitana Bourguignat, 1852 = Leguminaia saulcyi

Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensis = Leguminaia saulcyi

Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929 = Pseudunio homsensis

Margaritana syriaca var. minor = Pseudunio homsensis

Margaritana syriaca var. ponderosa = Pseudunio homsensis

Margaritana syriaca var. quadrata = Pseudunio homsensis

Pseudodontopsis babylonicus Bourguignat, 1881 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudodontopsis piestius Bourguignat, 1870 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Unio (Limnium) [sic] diabekirianus [sic] (Bourguignat) Kobelt, 1913 = Unio mardinensis

Unio (Limnium) [sic] mossulianus [sic] (Parreys) Küster, 1861 = Unio tigridis
+ Unio mossulianus Kobelt, 1912

Unio (Limnium) [sic] orphænsis Lea, 1864 = Unio mardinensis

Unio (Limnium) [sic] salamboana Pallary, 1929 = Potomida semirugata

Unio (Nemrodia) calliopsis (Bourguignat) Kobelt, 1913 = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) dignatus Lea, 1863 = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) semiramidis Kobelt, 1913 = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. major = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. minor = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] (de Férussac) Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. cuneiformis = Unio tigridis

Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. khabourensis = Unio tigridis

Unio (Psilunio) rothi Bourguignat, 1863 = Potomida semirugata

Unio (Psilunio) rothi var. rotundata = Potomida littoralis

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