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

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Publication Gassies (1849): summary
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Complete Citation

Gassies, J.-B. 1849. Tableau Méthodique et Descriptif des Mollusques terrestres et d’eau douce de l’Agenais. 209 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801
‘Linnaeus’ of Authors.
Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 109 [’Anodontites cygnæa’].
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 189 [as ‘cygnæa’].
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 601.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 140.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 269.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 89.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 70 [26].
Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 126.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 39.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 234.
Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 267.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 752.
‘Linnaeus’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 19.
Dhora, 2009. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade 61(3): 547.
(error for Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta gratelupeana Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 193, pl. 2, figs. 13-14; pl. 3, figs. 1-3; pl. 4, fig. 2.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MCZ_175636, [Garonne River, France].

Anodonta piscinalis Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 191, pl. 4, fig. 1.
(reference to Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822)

Anodonta gratelupeana var. globosa Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 193, pl. 2, figs. 15-16.
(homonym of Anodonta globosa Lea, 1841; intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta gratelupeana Gassies, 1849)

Pisidium gassiesianum Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 207, pl. 2, fig. 2.

Pisidium limosum Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 206.

Pisidium normandianum Gassies, 1849
Dupuy in Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 206.

Pisidium obtusale Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 207.
(misidentified reference to Cyclas obtusalis Lamarck, 1818)

Unio requieni Gassies, 1849
‘Michaud’ Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: pl. 1, figs. 5-6.
(misidentified reference to Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)

Unio littoralis var. compressa Gassies, 1849
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 198. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Lamk.) = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta palustris Férussac, 1822
+ Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819

Anodonta anatina (Lamk.)

Anodonta anatina var. B. rostrata Kokeil = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cygnæa [sic] (Lamk.) = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta cygnea Draparnaud, 1806

Anodonta cygnæa [sic] var. B. cellensis Schröter = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta piscinalis Nilss. = Anodontites trapesialis
+ Mytilus cygneus Schröter, 1779
+ Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodonta rossmassleriana Dupuy, 1843
+ Anodonta ponderosa C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Anodonta minima Millet, 1831
+ Anodonta jobae Dupuy, 1849

Anodonta piscinalis Nilss. = Anodonta anatina

Anodonta piscinalis Nilss. = Pseudanodonta complanata

Anodonta piscinalis var. B globosa = Pseudanodonta complanata
+ Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835

Unio littoralis (Lamk.) = Potomida littoralis
+ Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
+ Unio bigorriensis Locard, 1882

Unio requienii Mich. = Unio pictorum
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Mya angustata Schröter, 1779
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803

Unio requienii Mich. = Unio mancus

Unio requienii Mich. = Unio tumidus

Unio requienii Mich. = Unio crassus

Unio sinuatus (Lamk.) = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1806

Unio sinuatus (Lamk.) = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio sinuatus (Lamk.) = Unio crassus

 
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