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Publication Lamarck (1799): summary

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Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. de. 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 63-91. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodonta Lamarck, 1799

Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: ??.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 87.
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 83.
Type species: Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758 (monotypy) = Anodonta cygnea

Corbula Bruguière, 1797

Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 230.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 89.

Cyclas Lamarck, 1799

Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: 301.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 84.
(renamed Cycladea Rafinesque, 1815)
Type species: Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphaerium corneum

Glycimeris Lamarck, 1799

Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 83.

Lutraria Lamarck, 1799

Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 85.

Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 85.

Trigonia Bruguière, 1789

Bruguière, 1789. Enc. Méth. 1 (Première partie): xiv.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 86.
Type species: Venus sulcata Hermann, 1781 (ICZN) = Trigonia sulcata
 
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