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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Michaud (1831): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Michaud, A.L.G. 1831. Complément de l’Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud. 116 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritana michaudi Locard, 1889
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 113, pl. 16, fig. 29 [as ‘Unio elongata’].
Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 123 [17], 180 [74].
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 150.
Type(s): PARALECTOTYPE MNHN_22368, Vire [Calvados].

Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 107, pl. 16, fig. 30.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0039, Quimper (Finestre).

Unio elongata Michaud, 1831
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 113, pl. 16, fig. 29.
(reference to Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819)

Unio lesumicus Locard, 1889
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 108, pl. 16, fig. 25.
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 158 [52], 236 [130].
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 194.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_22308, Vegesack, près Brême.

Unio requienii Michaud, 1831
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 106, pl. 16, fig. 24.

Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 112, pl. 16, figs. 27-28.

Unio rostratus Michaud, 1831
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 108, pl. 16, fig. 25.
(homonym of Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819)

Unio subtetragonus Michaud, 1831
Michaud, 1831. Compl. Hist. Nat. Moll., Draparnaud: 111, pl. 16, fig. 23.

 
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