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

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Publication Bruguière (1797): summary
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Complete Citation

Bruguière. 1797. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature 2. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Anodontites Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 134.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201.
Type species: Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792 (monotypy) = Anodontites crispata

Corbula Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 230.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 89.

Cyclas Lamarck, 1799
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: 301.
Lamarck, 1799. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 84.
(renamed Cycladea Rafinesque, 1815)
Type species: Tellina cornea Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphaerium corneum

Galatea Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 250.
Type species: Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804 = Galatea paradoxa

Lucina Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 284.

Pandora Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: ??.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 30 nominal species attributed to this publication (none available).
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