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Publication Servain (1882): summary

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Full Citation

Servain, G. 1882. Histoire des Mollusques Acéphales des Environs de Francfort. 68 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Bataviana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 316.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio matronicus Locard, 1882 (sub. desig. by Graf, 2010: 8) = Unio crassus

Crassiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 315.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 29 [135].
(homonym of Bourguignat, 1884 [Thiaridae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio crassus Retzius, 1788 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 29) = Unio crassus

Galliciana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio jourdheuili Locard, 1882 (monotypy) = Unio mancus

Limosiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
(homonym of Servain, 1881 [Lymnaeidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822 (monotypy) = Unio pictorum

Rossmassleriana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 31.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 331.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 40.
Fagot, 1893. Bull. Soc. Ramond 28: 258.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 35 [67].
Cox et al., 1969. Treatise on Invert. Paleo 2: N862.
(error for Rossmaessleriana Bourguignat, 1881)
Type species: Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843 = Anodonta anatina

Rostratiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 322.
‘Bourguignat MS’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 65 [171].
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788; homonym of Bourguignat, 1881)
Type species: Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819 (sub. desig. by Locard, 1889: 65) = Unio pictorum

Tumidiana Servain, 1882

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 21.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 323.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788 (sub. desig. by Kantor & Sysoev, 2005: 327) = Unio tumidus

Attributed Nominal Species

Sphaerium alpecanum Servain, 1882 =

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 18.

Sphaerium boettgerianum Servain, 1882 = Sphaerium rivicola

Bourguignat in Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 18.

Anodonta bythioeca Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 40 [as ‘bythiœca’].

Anodonta codopsis Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 53.

Anodonta complacita Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 49.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 332.

There are 21 available nominal species attributed to this publication (27 total).

Anodonta macrostena var. curta Servain, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 32.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta macrostena Servain, 1882)

Anodonta cypholena Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 58.

Anodonta frankfurti Servain, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 62.
Servain, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 337.

Anodonta friedlanderiana Servain, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

‘Bourguignat, mss’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 56.

Sphaerium gallicum Servain, 1882 =

‘Bourguignat, 1870’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 10, 16.

Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa henslowana

‘Leach’ of Authors.
Jenyns, 1832. Trans. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 4: 308.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 91.
Leach, 1852. Syn. Moll. Gr. Brit.: 291 [as ‘Pera henslowiana’].
Prime, 1870. Amer. J. Conch. 5: 169.
Clessin, 1874. Conch. Cab. 9(3): 13.
Clessin, 1874. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. 13: 149 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 19 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Prime, 1895. Cat. Corbiculadae: 60 [as ‘Pisidium henslowianum’].
Dall, 1903. Trans. Wagner Free Inst. 3(6): 1463.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 853 [1297].
Kantor et al., 2010. Cat. Contin. Moll. Russia: 308 [as ‘Tellina henslowiana’].
(error for Tellina henslowana Sheppard, 1825)

Anodonta hydatina Servain, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1881. Malac. Lac Balaton: 113.
Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 45.

Anodonta impura Servain, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 34.
(homonym of Anodonta impura Say, 1829)

Sphaerium letourneuxi Servain, 1882 =

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 15.

Sphaerium loirae Servain, 1882 = Sphaerium rivicola

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 15.
(new name for Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801)

Anodonta macrostena Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 32.

Anodonta maganica Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 36.

Anodonta manica Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 42.

Anodonta morini Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 45.

Sphaerium morini Servain, 1882 = Sphaerium rivicola

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 11, 16.

Anodonta ocnera Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 47.

Unio rhynchetinus Bourguignat, 1883 = Unio pictorum

Letourneux, in litt. Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 24 [as ‘rynchetinus’]. [nomen nudum]
Letourneux in Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 61.

Unio rynchetinus Servain, 1882 = Unio pictorum

Letourneux, in litt. Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 24.
(error for Unio rhynchetinus Bourguignat, 1883)

Anodonta rynchota Servain, 1882 = Anodonta anatina

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 51.

Sphaerium servaini Servain, 1882 =

‘Bourguignat’ Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 17.

Anodonta telmaeca Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 31 [as ‘telmæca’].
(incorrect original spelling of Anodonta telmoeca Servain, 1882)

Anodonta telmoeca Servain, 1882 = Anodonta cygnea

Servain, 1882. Hist. Moll. Acéph. Francfort: 31 [as ‘telmæca’], 38 [as ‘telmœca’].
(correct name for Anodonta telmaeca Servain, 1882)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta (Abbreviatiana) racketti Bourguignat = Anodonta anatina
+ Anodonta ponderosa Brown, 1845
+ Mytilus cygneus Maton & Rackett, 1807

Anodonta (Arealiana) codopsis sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Depressiana) complacita sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Glyciana) impura sp. nov. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Jourdheuiliana) rynchota sp. nov. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Macilentiana) maganica sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Macilentiana) telmœca sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Milletiana) elachista Bourguignat = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Picardiana) cypholena sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Picardiana) journei Ray = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Picardiana) maritzana Bourguignat = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Piscinaliana) frankfurti sp. nov. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Piscinaliana) opalina Küster = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Piscinaliana) scaphidella Letourneux = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Platteniciana) morini sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Platteniciana) ocnera sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Ponderosiana) bythiœca sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Ponderosiana) dupuyi Ray et Drouët = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Ponderosiana) manica sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Rossmassleriana) [sic] inornata Küster = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Rossmassleriana) [sic] nilssoni Küster = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Spengleriana) friedlanderiana Bourguignat = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Spengleriana) intermedia Lamarck = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta (Spengleriana) sedentaria Mabille = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Spengleriana) tricassina Pillot = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta (Ventricosiana) macrostena sp. nov. = Anodonta cygnea

Pisidium fossarinum Clessin in Westerlund = Euglesa casertana

Pisidium henslowianum [sic] Sheppard = Euglesa henslowana
+ Pera henslowiana Jenyns, 1832

Pisidium ovatum Clessin

Sphærium alpecanum Bourguignat

Sphærium boettgerianum Bourguignat = Sphaerium rivicola

Sphærium bourguignati Lallement et Servain = Sphaerium rivicola

Sphærium corneum Linnaeus = Sphaerium corneum

Sphærium dickinii Clessin

Sphærium gallicum Bourguignat, 1870

Sphærium letourneuxi Bourguignat

Sphærium loiræ Bourguignat = Sphaerium rivicola
+ Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801

Sphærium moenana Kobelt

Sphærium morini = Sphaerium rivicola

Sphærium rivicola Leach in Lamarck = Sphaerium rivicola

Sphærium sandbergeri Clessin

Sphærium servaini Bourguignat

Unio (Bataviana) cyprinorum Berthier = Unio crassus

Unio (Bataviana) matronicus Bourguignat = Unio crassus

Unio (Crassiana) alpecanus Bourguignat = Unio tumidus

Unio (Crassiana) crassus Philippson = Unio crassus

Unio (Crassiana) feliciani Bourguignat = Unio crassus

Unio (Crassiana) socardianus Bourguignat = Unio nanus

Unio (Galliciana) jourdheuili Ray = Unio mancus

Unio (Limosiana) limosus Nilsson = Unio pictorum

Unio (Rostratiana) rostratellus Bourguignat = Unio pictorum

Unio (Rostratiana) rostratus Lamarck = Unio pictorum

Unio (Rostratiana) rynchetinus [sic] Letourneux = Unio pictorum

Unio (Tumidiana) heckingi Colbeau = Unio tumidus

Unio (Tumidiana) limicola Mörch = Unio tumidus

Unio (Tumidiana) muelleri Rossmässler = Unio tumidus

Unio (Tumidiana) tumidus Philippson = Unio tumidus

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