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Publication Pallary (1939): summary
Full 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. Nation. Hist. Natur. 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)
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 = Unio pictorum
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)
Type species: Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852 = Unio tigridis
Attributed Nominal Species
Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939 = Anodonta vescoiana
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121, pl. 7, fig. 1.
Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. cuneiformis Pallary, 1939 = Unio tigridis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852; homonym of Unio vinceloti var. cuneiformis Germain, 1904)
Unio (Limnium) diabekirianus Pallary, 1939 = Unio mardinensis
‘Kobelt’ Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 120.
(error for Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913)
Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensis Pallary, 1939 = Leguminaia saulcyi
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852)
Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. khabourensis Pallary, 1939 = Unio tigridis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 117.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852)
There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (15 total).
Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. major Pallary, 1939 = Unio tigridis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 118.
(homonym of Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. major d’Orbigny, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939)
Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. minor Pallary, 1939 = Unio tigridis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 119.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939)
Margaritana syriaca var. minor Pallary, 1939 = Pseudunio homsensis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929; homonym of Margaritana minor Lea, 1845)
Margaritana syriaca var. ponderosa Pallary, 1929 = Pseudunio homsensis
Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 36.
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929; homonym of Margaritana dernaica var. ponderosa Pallary, 1928)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0077, L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites).
Margaritana syriaca var. quadrata Pallary, 1939 = Pseudunio homsensis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
Unio (Psilunio) rothi var. rotundata Pallary, 1939 = Potomida littoralis
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 119.
(homonym of Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rothi Bourguignat, 1863)
Unio salamboana Pallary, 1929 = Potomida semirugata
Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 37, pl. 3, figs. 21-24.
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0070, Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites).
Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929 = Pseudunio homsensis
Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 34; ‘Abb.’.
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1937-12-30-13052-13053, Le Nahr el Kabir a Tell Kalat [Syria].
Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939 = Unio tigridis
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 118, pl. 7, figs. 2-4.
Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata Pallary, 1939 = Leguminaia wheatleyi
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)
Taxonomic Opinions
Anodonta (Euphrata) vescoiana Bourguignat, 1857 = Anodonta vescoiana
Leguminaia mardinensis Lea, 1864 = Leguminaia wheatleyi
+ Leguminaia (mardinensis var.) naegelei Kobelt, 1913
+ Leguminaia nisibina Kobelt, 1913
Leguminaia tripolitana Bourguignat, 1852 = Leguminaia saulcyi
There are 30 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929 = 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) tigris [sic] (de Férussac) Bourguignat, 1853 = Unio tigridis
Unio (Psilunio) rothi Bourguignat, 1863 = Potomida semirugata
