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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Dupuy (1843): summary
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Complete Citation

Dupuy, D. 1843. Essai sur les Mollusques Terretres et Fluviatiles et leurs Coquilles Vivantes et Fossiles du Département du Gers. 140 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843
Dupuy, 1843. Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: 74.
Dupuy, 1850. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (4): pl. 18, fig. 14.
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 608.

Cyclas caliculata [sic] var. major Dupuy, 1843
Dupuy, 1843. Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: 91.

Unio antimoquinianus Locard, 1889
Dupuy, 1843. Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: fig. 3 [as ‘moquinianus’]. [in part]
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 153 [47], 227 [121].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 179.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22106, l'Echez, à Vic-de-Bigorre.

Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843
Dupuy, 1843. Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: 80, text figs. 1-2. [in part]
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 644, pl. 26, fig. 18.
Type(s): SYNTYPES UMMZ_113537,  l’Echez a Bigen, Bigorre, France.

Unio moquinianus Dupuy, 1843
Dupuy, 1843. Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: fig. 3. [in part]

Unio littoralis var. elongata Dupuy, 1843
Dupuy, 1843. Essai Moll. Terr. Fluv. du Gers: 86.
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): pl. 24, fig. 5.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cellensis ‘Schrot.’ Rossmässler = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806

Anodonta cygnea (Lin.)
+ Anodonta cygnea Rossmässler, 1837

Anodonta rossmassleriana = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806

Unio littoralis Drap. = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831
+ Unio draparnaldii Deshayes, 1831

Unio margaritifer [sic] Retz. = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Unio elongata Michaud, 1831

Unio moquinianus = Unio mancus

Unio pictorum Drap.
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758

Unio pictorum Drap. = Unio mancus

Unio sinuatus Lam. = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801

 
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