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Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Lamarck, 1807. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 401, pls. 29; pl. 31, fig. 1.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 99, sp. 1.
(renamed Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_21209, Habite..... la mer des grandes Indes?

Ætheria elliptica — E.A. Smith (1904), E.A. Smith (1906), Germain (1907), Germain (1918)
Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907), Germain (1925)
Aetheria elliptica — Pallary (1909), Kobelt (1910), Thiele (1934), Dartevelle & Schwetz (1937), Dartevelle (1939), Franc (1949)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1936), Modell (1942), Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1961), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Smith (2021), Wu et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2024), Chen et al. (2025)

Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807

Lamarck, 1807. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 404, pl. 32, figs. 1-2 [as ‘semi-lunata’].
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 100, sp. 3.
(renamed Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MHNG_XXX, Madagascar.

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907), Germain (1925)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Heard & Vail (1976), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2009), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807

Lamarck, 1807. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 406, pl. 32, figs. 3-4.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 100, sp. 4.
(renamed Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHG_XXXX, Madagascar.

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907), Germain (1925)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2009), IUCN (2011)

Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807

Lamarck, 1807. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 403, pl. 30; pl. 31, fig. 2.
Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 99, sp. 2.
(renamed Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_21210, [no locality available - Africa].

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907), Germain (1925)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2009), IUCN (2011)

Etheria caillaudi Cuvier, 1817

‘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)

Etheria elliptica — Fischer-Piette & Métivier (1974), Daget (1998)

Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824

Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MCZ_72888, Blue Nile, Egypt.

Aetheria cailliaudi — Pallary (1903), Kobelt (1904)
Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Aetheria elliptica var. cailliaudi — Pallary (1909)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), IUCN (2011), Elderkin et al. (2016)
Etheria elliptica var. cailliaudi — Yonge (1962), Yonge (1978)

Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824

Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807)

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), IUCN (2011)

Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824

Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHG_XXXX, Madagascar.

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907), Germain (1925)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Fischer-Piette & Métivier (1974), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), IUCN (2011)

Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825

Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 523, pl. 19.

Aetheria cailliaudi — Pallary (1903)
Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Aetheria elliptica var. tubifera — Pallary (1909)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998), IUCN (2011), Elderkin et al. (2016)
Etheria elliptica var. tubifera — Yonge (1962), Yonge (1978)

Aetheria denhami Koenig, 1826

Koenig, 1826. [in] Denham & Clapperton, Narr. Travels Africa, Appendix: 254.

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Etheria carteroni Michelin, 1830

Michelin, 1830. unknown publication: 1.
Michelin, 1831. Mag. Zool. 1: 1, pl. 1, fig. 1.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MNHN_MP_1541, ... Faleme, Senegambia.

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Aetheria chambardi Bourguignat, 1880

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

Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880

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

Aetheria cailliaudi — Pallary (1903)
Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Aetheria nilotica Bourguignat, 1880

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

Aetheria cailliaudi — Pallary (1903)
Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880

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.

Aetheria cailliaudi — Pallary (1903)
Aetheria [sic] elliptica — Germain (1907)
Aetheria elliptica var. petrettinii — Pallary (1909)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Aetheria senegalica Bourguignat, 1880

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

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Aetheria bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 14.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0171, Gancini (Congo).

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Etheria plombea Jousseaume, 1886

‘Férussac’ Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 501.
(error for Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824)

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Aetheria tanganikana Bourguignat, 1889

‘Lamarck’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 352 [as ‘Aetheria elliptica’].
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 65.

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Daget (1998)

Aetheria heteromorpha Simroth, 1894

Simroth, 1894. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 287.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_5685, Kongo Falle.

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Aetheria elliptica var. typica R. Anthony, 1907

‘Germain’ R. Anthony, 1907. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Malac. Belgique 41: 372.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807)

Aetheria elliptica var. typica — Pallary (1909)
Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)
Etheria elliptica var. typica — Yonge (1978)

Margaritifera margaritifera Akindele et al., 2018

‘Linneaus’ of Authors.
Akindele & Olutona, 2015. Water Env. J. 29: 543 [as ‘Margaritifera sp.’].
Akindele et al., 2018. African J. Ecol. 56(3): 488, figs. S1-S2.
Ukam et al., 2018. Adv. in Res. 15(2): 1.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis — Akindele et al. (2023)
Etheria elliptica — Bolotov et al. (2024)

Etheria semilunata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821

Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821. Genera of Shells 2: 1, pl. 94.
(reference to Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807)

Etheria cailliaudi Sowerby, 1872

Sowerby, 1872. Conch. Icon. 18: pl. 2. sp. 2, fig. 2a. [in part]
(reference to Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824)

Etheria semilunaris Sowerby, 1872

‘Lamarck’ Sowerby, 1872. Conch. Icon. 18: pl. 1, sp. 1.
(error for Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807)

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Aetheria elliptica E.A. Smith, 1880

‘Lamarck’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 352.
(reference to Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807)

Aetheria caillaudi [sic] var. elongata Bourguignat, 1880

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

Aetheria caillaudi [sic] var. rotundata Bourguignat, 1880

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

Aetheria africana Paetel, 1890

‘Caill.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 190. [nomen nudum]

Etheria elliptica — Daget (1998)

Aetheria electrina Paetel, 1890

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 164. [nomen nudum]

Etheria elliptica — Daget (1998)

Aetheria nidus hirundinis Simroth, 1890

Simroth, 1890. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 13: 662. [non-binomial]
Simroth, 1894. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 288, pl. 1, figs. 8-10.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE SMF_5687, Kongo Falle.

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Aetheria tubulosa Simroth, 1894

‘Bk.’ Simroth, 1894. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 277.
(error for Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825)

Etheria elliptica — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Daget (1998)

Aetheria hetermorpha mutatio tubulifera Simroth, 1894

Simroth, 1894. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 288, pl. 1, figs. 1-7. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Aetheria heteromorpha Simroth, 1894)

Etheria elliptica — Daget (1998)

Aetheria elliptica Form-Varietät globosa Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 218. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807)

Etheria elliptica — Daget (1998)

Margaritifera cardiidae Gabriel et al., 2017

Gabriel et al., 2017. Intern. J. Fauna Biol. Stud. 4(2A): 44.
(error for Margaritifera margaritifera Akindele et al., 2018)

Aspatharia dahomeyensis Akindele et al., 2023

Akindele et al., 2023. Environ. Pollution 326, 121470: 7, graphical abstract.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta dahomeyensis Lea, 1859)

Etheria elliptica — Bolotov et al. (2024)