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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Etheria elliptica
nominal species Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 = Etheria elliptica
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.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — IUCN, 2011: [web].
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Graf & Cummings, 2009: 224.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 313.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 169.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Daget, 1998: 159.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Heard & Vail, 1976: 15.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Haas, 1969: 602.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Haas, 1969: N466.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 450.
+ Aetheria [sic] elliptica (Lamarck, 1807) — Germain, 1925: 230.
+ Aetheria [sic] elliptica de Lamarck, 1807 — Germain, 1907: 547.
+ Aetheria elliptica s.s. (Lamarck, 1807) — Martens, 1897: 216.
= Aetheria semilunata (Lamarck) — Ancey, 1888: 74.
+ Etheria plombea [sic] — Jousseaume, 1886: 501.
= Aetheria semilunata Lamarc — Fischer, 1886: 1007, pl. 18, fig. 7.
= Ætheria (Letourneuxiana) semilunata (Lamarck, 1807) — Bourguignat, 1880: 70.
+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Sowerby, 1872: pl. 1, sp. 1.
= Ætheria semilunata — Woodward, 1871: 435.
= Aetheria semilunata (Lamarck) — Adams & Adams, 1857: 510, pl. 120, figs. 3-3a.
= Aetheria [sic] semilunata (Lam.) — Mørch, 1853: 49.
+ Etheria plumbea Ferussac — Hanley, 1843: 230.
= Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 — Sowerby, 1839: 43, fig. 155.
= Etheria semi-lunata Lamk. — Deshayes, 1830: 121.
= Etheria semilunata — Blainville, 1825: 543.
+ Ætheria [sic] plumbea (Ferussac) — Sowerby, 1825: 522.
= Etheria semilunata Lamarck — Children, 1823: 29, pl. 1 [2], fig. 75.
= Etheria semilunata — Lamarck, 1819: 100.
= Etheria semi-lunata — Lamarck, 1807: 404.
