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Publication Heude (1875): summary

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Full Citation

Heude, M.P. 1875. Conchyliologie Fluviatile de la Provoince de Nanking (1): pls. 1-8. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Monocondylea Moricand, 1837

Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5(3): 611.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Herrmannsen, 1849. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 668.
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 84.
Petit de la Saussaye, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 15.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4.
Deshayes & Jullien, 1876. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 117.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Zieritz et al., 2015. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 53(1): 82.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)
Type species: Unio (Monocondylaea) paraguayana d’Orbigny, 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio affinis Heude, 1875 = Aculamprotula polysticta

specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 3, figs. 7-7a.
(homonym of Unio affinis Lea, 1852; renamed Unio polystictus Heude, 1877; renamed Quadrula (Lamprotula) similaris Simpson, 1900)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3369, Chine.

Unio capitatus Heude, 1874 = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 114.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3401, Chine Centrale.

Unio celtiformis Heude, 1874 = Cuneopsis celtiformis

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 113.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 1, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3397, Riviere de Fou-Tchou (Kiang Si).

Unio corderii Heude, 1875 = Cuneopsis heudei

specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 1, fig. 3.
(new name for Unio heudei Heude, 1874)

Anodonta edulis Heude, 1874 = Sinanodonta woodiana

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 117.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 8, fig. 18.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3399, Song Kiang fou, Chine Centrale.

There are 6 available nominal species attributed to this publication (18 total).

Unio heudei Heude, 1874 = Cuneopsis heudei

‘Bazin, mss’ Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 114.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 1, fig. 3 [as ‘Unio corderii’].
(renamed Unio corderii Heude, 1875)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3407, Chine Centrale.

Mycetopus iridineus Heude, 1874 = Sinosolenaia iridinea

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 117.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 8, fig. 19.
Heude, 1885. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (9): pl. 72, figs. 137-137b [var. b].
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3395, Rivieres de Tai ping fou et de Fou tcheou fou.

Unio languilati Heude, 1874 = Lepidodesma languilati

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 116.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 7, fig. 17.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3381, Riviere de Province du Nanking, Chine Centrale.

Unio leleci Heude, 1875 = Lamprotula leaii

specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4, fig. 12; pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3376, Lac T’o.

Unio montanus Heude, 1875 = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4, fig. 11.
(homonym of Unio montanus Philippi, 1869; renamed Unio monticola Heude, 1884)
Type(s): SYNTYPE SMF_5192, China.

Monocondylaea nankinensis Heude, 1875 = Simpsonasus nankingensis

Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4, fig. 9 [as ‘nankinensis’ on plate caption].
(error for Monocondylea nankingensis Heude, 1874)

Monocondylea nankingensis Heude, 1874 = Simpsonasus nankingensis

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 116.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4, fig. 9 [as ‘nankinensis’ on plate caption].
Type(s): SYNTYPES MCZ_167240, Nanking, China.

Unio pfisteri Heude, 1874 = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 112.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3396, Riviere de Nanking, Chine Central.

Unio pisciculus Heude, 1874 = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 115.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 2, figs. 6-6a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3382, riviere du Ning Kouo, Kiangsi, Chine Centrale.

Unio rochechouartii Heude, 1875 = Gibbosula rochechouartii

specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3435, Riviere de Nanking.

Unio rufescens Heude, 1874 = Cuneopsis rufescens

Heude, 1874. J. de Conch. 22: 113.
specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 1, fig. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3394, Riviere de Fou-Tchou (Kiang Si).

Unio scriptus Heude, 1875 = Aculamprotula scripta

specimen image from publication Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 3, figs. 8-8a.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3434, Chine.

Unio sinensis Heude, 1875 = Acuticosta chinensis

“Lea” Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): sp. 26.
‘Lea’ Haas, 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N416 [as ‘Acuticosta sinensis’].
‘Lea’ Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1051.
(error for Unio chinensis Lea, 1868)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta edulis Heude = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodonta gibba Reeve = Sinanodonta woodiana

Anodonta herculea Middendorff = Cristaria plicata

Monocondylea [sic] nankingensis Heude = Simpsonasus nankingensis

Mycetopus iridineus Heude = Sinosolenaia iridinea

Unio affinis Heude = Aculamprotula polysticta

Unio capitatus Heude = Pseudocuneopsis capitata

Unio celtiformis Heude = Cuneopsis celtiformis

Unio corderii Heude = Cuneopsis heudei
+ Unio heudei Heude, 1874

Unio grayanus Lea = Lanceolaria grayii

Unio lampreyanus Baird and Adams = Schistodesmus lampreyanus

Unio languilati Heude = Lepidodesma languilati

Unio leai, var. A. Gray = Lamprotula leaii

Unio leai, var. B Gray = Lamprotula leaii

Unio leai, var. C Gray = Lamprotula leaii

Unio leleci Heude = Lamprotula leaii

Unio montanus Heude = Lamprotula cornuumlunae

Unio pfisteri Heude = Ptychorhynchus pfisteri

Unio pisciculus Heude = Tchangsinaia piscicula

Unio plicatus Reeve = Cristaria plicata

Unio rochechouartii Heude = Gibbosula rochechouartii

Unio rufescens Heude = Cuneopsis rufescens

Unio scriptus Heude = Aculamprotula scripta

Unio sculptus Deshayes = Nodularia douglasiae

Unio sinensis [sic] Lea = Acuticosta chinensis

Unio subtortus Baird and Adams = Aculamprotula tortuosa

Unio tien-tsinensis Crosse et Debeaux = Aculamprotula tientsinensis

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