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Publication Bourguignat (1880): summary

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Bourguignat, J.R. 1880. Matériaux historiques sur les mollusques acephales du système Européen. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 1-96. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aetheria Oken, 1818

Oken, 1818. Isis (Oken) 1818: 1117.
Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 518.
Berthold in Latreille, 1827. unknown publication: 208.
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 38 [as ‘Ætheria].
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 65.
Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 22.
Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool. Index Univ.: 10.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 509.
Woodward, 1871. Man. Moll: 435.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53.
Zittel, 1881. Handb. Palaeo. 1: 58.
Westerlund, 1902. Rad. Jugoslav. Akad. 150: 138.
(new name for Etheria Lamarck, 1807)
Type species: Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria elliptica

Caillaudiana Bourguignat, 1880

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 63.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Etheria Lamarck, 1807)
Type species: Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824 (monotypy) = Etheria elliptica

Chambardia Servain, 1890

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat in Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 304.
Type species: Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 413) = Chambardia letourneuxi

Chambardiana Bourguignat, 1880

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 69.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Etheria Lamarck, 1807)
Type species: Aetheria chambardi Bourguignat, 1880 (monotypy) = Etheria elliptica

Colletopterum Bourguignat, 1880

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 73, 4.
Type species: Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870 (sub. desig. by Simpson, 1900: 649) = Anodonta anatina

Letourneuxiana Bourguignat, 1880

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 69.
Type species: Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 448) = Etheria elliptica

Niloticiana Bourguignat, 1880

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 65.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Etheria Lamarck, 1807)
Type species: Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 448) = Etheria elliptica

Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3 [nomen nudum].
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 486.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 47, pl. 21.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 191.
Type species: Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876

Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 99.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 11, 3.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudodon Gould, 1844)
Type species: Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835 (sub. desig. by Westerlund, 1902: 137) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta apollonica Bourguignat, 1880 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 91, pl. 15, figs. 1-3.

Pseudodontopsis babylonica Kobelt, 1913 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4 [as ‘Pseudodon babylonicus’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 4, pl. 512, figs. 2688-2689.

Alasmodonta berlani Bourguignat, 1870 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1870. Ann. Malacol. 1: 72, pl. 3, figs. 7-8.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 36 [as ‘Pseudanodonta berlani’].

Etheria caillaudi Cuvier, 1817 = Etheria elliptica

‘Ferussac’ of Authors.
Cuvier, 1817. Règne Animal 2: 130.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 230.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 281.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 64.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 316.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 320.
(error for Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824)

Aetheria chambardi Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 56, 69.

There are 21 available nominal species attributed to this publication (34 total).

Pseudanodonta danubialis Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 21.

Pseudanodonta ellipsiformis Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 39.

Aetheria caillaudi [sic] var. elongata Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 66.
(intro'd as syn of Aetheria nilotica Bourguignat, 1880)

Anodonta eximium Bourguignat, 1870 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1870. Ann. Malacol. 1: 80.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 80.

Anodonta gallandi Bourguignat, 1880 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 95.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 173.

Pseudanodonta grateloupiana Lea, 1852 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Gassies’ of Authors.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 49.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 77.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 29.
Westerlund, 1890. Fauna Paläarct. Binnenconch. 2(7): 303.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 55 [11].
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 301.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 217.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 264.
(error for Anodonta gratelupeana Gassies, 1849)

Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 55, 70.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0193, Le Nil, dans les conaux du Fayoum, Egypt.

Pseudanodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 19.

Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1870 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1870. Ann. Malacol. 1: 76.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 76.
Bourguignat, 1894. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 7: pl. 6, figs. 1-2.
(homonym of Anodonta letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1864)

Pseudanodonta ligerica Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 99 [as ‘Pseudodon (Pseudanodonta) ligerica’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Servain in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 50.

Leguminaia mardiniensis Bourguignat, 1876 = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Bourguignat, 1876. Bull. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 3: 98.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3.
(error for Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)

Pseudanodonta mecyna Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Letourneux, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 24.

Aetheria nilotica Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

‘Letourneux, mss.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 58.

Pseudanodonta nordenskioldi Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Nordenskiold & Nylander, 1856. Finl. Moll.: 89, pl. 7, fig. 77 [as ‘Anodonta complanata’].
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 41 [as ‘nordenskiöldi’].

Pseudodon pachyolenus Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4. [nomen nudum]
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 296. [nomen nudum]

Pseudanodonta pancici Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Letourneux, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 32.

Alasmodonta penchinati Bourguignat, 1870 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1870. Ann. Malacol. 1: 71, pl. 4, figs. 1-4.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 23 [as ‘Pseudanodonta penchinati’].

Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 53, 70.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0264, dans le Ramlé à Hagueret de fente de Ramali, canal Mahmoudieh.

Pseudodontopsis piestius Kobelt, 1913 = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 4 [as ‘Pseudodon piestius’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat mss’ Kobelt, 1913. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 19: 5, pl. 513, figs. 2690-2691.

Pseudanodonta praeclara Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Letourneux in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 15, 16 [as ‘præclara’].

Colletopterum praeclarum Bourguignat, 1880 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 78 [as ‘præclarum’].

Pseudanodonta rayi Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Mabille in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 43.

Pseudanodonta rossmaessleri Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Ziegl.’ Rossmässler, 1836. Icon. Land- und Süssw.-Moll. 1 (4): 24, pl. 20, fig. 283 [as ‘Anodonta complanata’].
Moquin-Tandon, 1855. Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: pl. 45, fig. 3 [as ‘Anodonta complanata’].
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 38 [as ‘rossmässleri’].
Type(s): TYPE SMF_10659, Donau b. Wien.

Aetheria caillaudi [sic] var. rotundata Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 66.
(intro'd as syn of Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825)

Pseudanodonta scrupea Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 34.

Aetheria senegalica Bourguignat, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 68.

Pseudanodonta tanousi Bourguignat, 1880 = Pseudanodonta complanata

‘Letourneux, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 16, 42.

Anodonta tanousi Bourguignat, 1870 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1870. Ann. Malacol. 1: 83.
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 83.

Anodonta taurica Bourguignat, 1880 = Anodonta anatina

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 89, pl. 14, figs. 1-4.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta apollonica = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta gallandi = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta taurica = Anodonta anatina

Ætheria (Caillaudiana) caillaudi [sic] Férussac, 1823 = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria (Chambardiana) chambardi = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) carteroni Michelin, 1830 = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) letourneuxi = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) petrettinii = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) semilunata (Lamarck, 1807) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824

Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) transversa (Lamarck, 1807) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824

Ætheria (Niloticiana) elliptica (Lamarck, 1807) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
+ Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824

Ætheria (Niloticiana) nilotica Letourneux, mss. = Etheria elliptica
+ Aetheria caillaudi [sic] var. elongata Bourguignat, 1880

Ætheria (Niloticiana) senegalica = Etheria elliptica

Ætheria (Niloticiana) tubifera (Sowerby, 1825) = Etheria elliptica
+ Aetheria caillaudi [sic] var. rotundata Bourguignat, 1880

Colletopterum eximium = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum letourneuxi = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum præclarum = Anodonta anatina

Colletopterum tanousi = Anodonta anatina

Leguminaia bonellii = Microcondylaea bonellii

Leguminaia curvata (Rossmässler, 1842) = Microcondylaea bonellii

Leguminaia mardiniensis [sic] = Leguminaia wheatleyi

Leguminaia michoni = Leguminaia saulcyi

Leguminaia saulcyi

Leguminaia tripolitana = Leguminaia saulcyi

Pseudanodonta berlani (Bourguignat, 1870) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta complanata (Ziegler in Rossmässler, 1835)

Pseudanodonta danubialis = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta ellipsiformis = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta elongata (Holandre, 1836) = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta jobae Dupuy, 1849

Pseudanodonta grateloupiana [sic] (Gassies, 1849) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta klettii (Rossmässler, 1835) = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta rhomboidea Schlüter, 1838

Pseudanodonta letourneuxi = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta ligerica Servain = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta mecyna Letourneux = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta nordenskiöldi = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta complanata Nordenskiold & Nylander, 1856

Pseudanodonta normandi (Dupuy, 1849) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta pancici Letourneux = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta penchinati (Bourguignat, 1870) = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta præclara Letourneux = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta rayi Mabille = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta rossmässleri = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1836

Pseudanodonta scrupea = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudanodonta tanousi Letourneux = Pseudanodonta complanata

Pseudodon babylonicus = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudodon churchillianus = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudodon opperti = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudodon pachyolenus = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudodon piestius = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

Pseudodon rhomboideus = Pseudodontopsis euphratica

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