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Publication Draparnaud (1806): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Draparnaud, J.P.R. 1806. Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles de la France. 134 pp., 13 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta anatina Draparnaud, 1806
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 133, pl. 12, fig. 2.
(reference to Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 134, pl. 11, fig. 6; pl. 12, fig. 1.
(reference to Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1 [as ‘Mytilus cygneus’].
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 133, pl. 12, fig. 2 [as ‘Anodonta anatina’].
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 116.

Cyclas calyculata Draparnaud, 1806
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 130, pl. 10, figs. 14-15.

Cyclas fontinalis Draparnaud, 1806
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 116, pl. 10, figs. 8-12 [9-13].
(renamed Cyclas minima Studer, 1820)

Cyclas lacustris Draparnaud, 1806
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 10, fig. 6-7.
(misidentified reference to Tellina lacustris Müller, 1774)

Cyclas minima Studer, 1820
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 10, figs. 11-12 [as ‘Cyclas fontinalis’]. [in part]
Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 29.
(new name for Cyclas fontinalis Draparnaud, 1806)

Cyclas palustris Draparnaud, 1806
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 131, pl. 10, figs. 17-18.

Cyclas rivalis Draparnaud, 1806
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 154, pl. 10, figs. 4-5.
(reference to Tellina rivalis Müller, 1774)

Unio ater Nilsson, 1822
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 11, fig. 5 [as ‘Unio margaritifera’].
Nilsson, 1822. Hist. Moll. Svec.: 107.

Unio inflatus Studer, 1820
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 11, figs. 2. [in part]
Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 30.
(misidentified reference to Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806)

Unio lemovicincae Férussac, 1807
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 11, fig. 5.
Férussac, 1807. Ess. méth.: 114 [as ‘lemovicincæ’].

Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1806
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: pl. 11, fig. 5.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801
Draparnaud, 1801. Tab. Moll. Fr.: 107.
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 132, pl. 10, figs. 17-19.
(misidentified reference to Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 131, pl. 11, figs. 3 [var. B]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 131, pl. 11, figs. 4 [var. c]. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 131, pl. 11, figs. 1-2. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio seneauxi Locard, 1889
‘Linn.’ Draparnaud, 1806. Hist. Moll. France: 131, pl. 11, figs. 3 [as ‘Unio pictorum var. B’].
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 145 [39], 208 [102].
‘Bourguignat’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 174, fig. 187 [as ‘senauxi’].
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22523 (by Graf, 2011: 503), La Loire à Orléans.

 
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