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Publication Servain (1888): summary

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Servain, G. 1888. Aperçu sur la fauna des mollusques fluviatiles des environs de Hambourg. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 5: 287-341. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Amnicana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 312.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 35.

Amniciana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 315.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; homonym of Servain, 1888)
Type species: Unio amnicus Rossmässler, 1836 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 7) = Unio nanus

Arnouldiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 338.
Bourguignat in Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 128.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta arnouldi Bourguignat, 1883 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 128) = Anodonta anatina

Bataviana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 316.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio matronicus Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 8) = Unio crassus

Casertiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 313.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 35.

There are 15 available nominal genera attributed to this publication (22 total).

Corneana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 311.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777)

Crassiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 315.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 29 [135].
(homonym of Bourguignat, 1884 [Thiaridae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 29) = Unio crassus

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

Falsiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio falsus Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 11) = Unio pictorum

Henslowiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 314.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 151, 36.
Type species: Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825 = Euglesa henslowana

Intermediana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 330.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 50 [94].
(homonym of Germain, 1903 [Gastrop.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta richardi Schröder, 1885 (herein) = Anodonta anatina

Lacustriana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 312.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777)

Meretriciana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 329.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta florenciana Locard, 1884 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 15) = Anodonta anatina

Muciduliana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio mucidulus Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 15) = Unio mancus

Rivicoliana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 309.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777)
Type species: Cyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818 = Sphaerium rivicola

Rossmassleriana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 31.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 331.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 40.
Fagot, 1893. Bull. Soc. Ramond 28: 258.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 35 [67].
Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
(error for Rossmaessleriana Bourguignat, 1881)
Type species: Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843 = Anodonta anatina

Rostratiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 322.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 65 [171].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; homonym of Bourguignat, 1881)
Type species: Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 65) = Unio pictorum

Schroederiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 321.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio schroederi Schröder, 1885 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 18) = Unio tumidus

Solidiana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 310.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777)

Tricassiniana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 336.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 79 [123].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta tricassina Bourguignat, 1881 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1890: 79) = Anodonta anatina

Tumidiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788 (sub. desig. by Kantor & Sysoev, 2005: 327) = Unio tumidus

Villaeana Servain, 1888

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 318.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 47 [153] [as ‘Villœana’].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio villae Issel, 1872 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 47) = Unio elongatulus

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta alsterica Servain, 1888 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 337.

Unio anabaenus Servain, 1888 = Unio tumidus

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 324 [as ‘anabænus’].

Anodonta anceyi Servain, 1888 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 328.

Unio asticus Servain, 1887 = Unio mancus

Servain, 1887. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 4: 259.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 320.

Unio balatonicus Servain, 1881 = Unio pictorum

Servain, 1881. Malac. Lac Balaton: 101.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 322.

There are 20 available nominal species attributed to this publication (36 total).

Unio bardus Servain, 1881 = Unio tumidus

Bourguignat, in sched. Servain, 1881. Malac. Lac Balaton: 98.
Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.

Unio besnardianus Locard, 1889 = Unio crassus

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 141 [35], 206 [100].
‘Servain’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 172, fig. 186 [as ‘besnardinus’].
(renamed Unio besnardi Germain, 1904)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22133 (by Graf, 2011: 463), La Loire, à Saint-Gemmes (Maine-et-Loire).

Unio tumidus var. borysthenicus Servain, 1888 = Unio tumidus

Kobelt, 1879. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 7: 32, pl. 192, fig. 1950 [as ‘borysthenensis’].
‘Kobelt’ Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.
(new name for Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1879)

Unio carynthiacus Lea, 1836 = Unio nanus

‘Zeigler’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 27.
Schlüter, 1838. Kurzgef. Syst. Verz. Conch. Samml.: 33.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
J.F. Schmidt, 1840. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 13: 435.
C.B. Adams, 1847. Cat. Gen. Sp. Adams: 14.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 47.
Schröder, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 229.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317.
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 141 [35].
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 264.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 728.
(error for Unio carinthiacus Rossmässler, 1836)

Unio cavarellus Servain, 1887 = Unio pictorum

Servain, 1887. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 4: 256.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.

Unio christophori Servain, 1888 = Unio elongatulus

‘Adam’ of Authors.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 168.
(error for Unio cristophori Adami, 1886)

Anodonta complacita Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 49.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 332.

Unio dilophius Servain, 1888 = Unio crassus

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 316, footnote. [nomen nudum]
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 136 [30], footnote. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta eusomata Servain, 1888 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 335.

Unio eutrapelus Servain, 1887 = Unio mancus

Servain, 1887. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 4: 260.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 320.

Anodonta frankfurti Servain, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 62.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 337.

Anodonta germanica Servain, 1888 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 330.

Unio hamburgiensis Servain, 1888 = Unio crassus

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 315.

Unio hammoniensis Servain, 1888 = Unio mancus

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 319.

Unio kulpanus Servain, 1888 = unionoid species

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum]

Unio mahometanus Servain, 1888 = unionoid species

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum]

Unio minutulus Servain, 1888 = Unio crassus

‘Ray’ Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 290 [as ‘Unio minutus’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Ray’ Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 316.

Anodonta moctera Servain, 1888 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 334, pl. 9, fig. 4.

Unio mulierum Servain, 1888 = Unio tumidus

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 321.

Anodonta nefaria Servain, 1888 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 325.

Anodonta nocturna Servain, 1888 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 327.

Unio peracutus Servain, 1888 = unionoid species

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 318.

Anodonta quadrangulata Servain, 1888 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 328, pl. 9, fig. 1.

Anodonta rynchonella Servain, 1888 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Schroeder’ Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 338.
(error for Anodonta rhynchonella Schröder, 1885)

Unio spengeli Servain, 1888 = Unio tumidus

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.

Unio subbalatonicus Servain, 1888 = Unio pictorum

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 322.

Unio subbatavus Kobelt, 1913 = Unio mardinensis

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum]
Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 48, pl. 534, fig. 2749.

Unio varasdinus Servain, 1888 = unionoid species

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317. [nomen nudum]

Unio vegesackensis Servain, 1888 = Unio crassus

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 317.

Anodonta visurgisina Servain, 1888 = Anodonta cygnea

Bourguignat in Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 332, pl. 8, fig. 3.

Unio visurgisinus Servain, 1888 = Unio crassus

Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 316.

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