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Publication Bruguière (1797): attributed nominal species publication summary Complete CitationBruguière. 1797. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature 2. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodon giganteus Wagner, 1827
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 205, fig. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Spix in Wagner, 1827. Test. Fluv. Brasil.: 27, pl. 19, figs. 1-2. Type(s): PARATYPE SMF_3815, Rio Solimoes, b. Ega, Brasilien. | |
Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819
Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 1, figs. 2-3. Martini & Chemnitz, 1785. Conchyl. Cab. 8: 186, pl. 86, fig. 763 [as ‘Mytilus anatinus’].
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, fig. 2 [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 10. Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0004, dans le Loir, près Châteaudun [in the Loir, near Châteaudun]. | |
Anodonta patagonica Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 88, sp. 15. Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_MOLL_50589, Rivers of the Río de la Plata and Patagonia. | |
Anodonta radiata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], fig. 4a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147. (homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 201, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 6. Type(s): UNKNOWN USNM_86780A, Nile ? Egypt ? | |
Anodonta sinuosa Lamarck, 1819
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], fig. 2a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 87, sp. 14. Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0009, [unknown]. | |
Anodonta sulcata Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 202, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 85, sp. 3. | |
Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819 Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, fig. 1. Martini & Chemnitz, 1785. Conchyl. Cab. 8: 185, pl. 86, fig. 762.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 205, fig. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 87, sp. 11. Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] & PARALECTOTYPE MHNG_MOLL_50581 (by R.I. Johnson, 1953: 94), Unknown. | |
Anodontites crispata Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 135, pl. 8, figs. 6-7.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 203 [204], figs. 3a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 86, sp. 7. Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MPL_0038, Cayenne ? “Habite... les régions australes? Du voyage de Baudin. Mus. n°. Mon cabinet.” ["Lives... the southern regions? The Baudin voyage. Mus. No.. My cabinet. | |
Castalia (Naïa) picta Swainson, 1840
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6. ‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b [as ‘Unio corrugata’]. [in part] Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 379. | |
Cyclas islandica Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 301, fig. 1. | |
Cyclas rivicola Lamarck, 1818 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 159, fig. 14. Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 5a-c. ‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 558. | |
Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 320, pl. 30, figs. 320-321. Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 302, figs. 2a-c. Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 552’ [2nd page 552]. | |
Hyria corrugata Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 247, figs. 2a-b [as Unio sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 82, sp. 2. (renamed Hyria rugosa Bory de St. Vincent, 1827; renamed Mya angulata Wood, 1828) Type(s): HOLOTYPE MHNG-MOLL-50578, Unknown. | |
Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 204, figs. 1a-b [as Anodontites sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 89, sp. 1. | |
Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807 Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 3, figs. 2, 4-5. Martini & Chemnitz, 1782. Conchyl. Cab. 6: 19, pl. 1, fig. 6. Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 3. Maton & Rackett, 1807. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 37. | |
Unio alatus Say, 1817
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.] ?. Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 4, fig. 2. Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [18,] pl. 4, fig. 2. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 52. Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4349, N. Amerika. | |
Unio concentrica Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 3 [as Unio sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151. | |
Unio corrugata Bruguière, 1797
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 6. ‘Müller’ Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, var. b. [in part] (reference to Mya corrugata Müller, 1774) | |
Unio crassus Say, 1817 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 150, fig. 5.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 1 [as Unio sp.]. ‘LeSueur’ Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [11], pl. 1, fig. 8. ‘LeSueur’ Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [16], pl. 1, fig. 8. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 49. (homonym of Unio crassus Retzius, 1788) | |
Unio dilatatus Studer, 1820 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.]. Studer, 1820. System. Verzeich. bekannt geword. Schweizer-Conchylien: 30. | |
Unio granosa Bruguière, 1792
Bruguière, 1792. J. de Hist. Nat. 1: 107, pl. 6, figs. 3-4.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, figs. 2a-b [as Unio sp.]. Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_IM-2000-1710, Cayenne. | |
Unio lineata Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151. | |
Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798 Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 2, fig. 3.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 2 [as Unio sp.]. Cuvier, 1798. Tab. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim.: 425. Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 114. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 76, sp. 25. Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_UNKNOWN, France, common in the Seine. | |
Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 247, figs. 1a-c [as Unio sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 79, sp. 41. (renamed Unio marginalis var. typica Hanley & Theobald, 1872) Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE MNHN_MPL_0031, Habite au Bengale, dans les rizières [sic]... La variété [b] vient de l’ile de Ceylon....Mon cabinet. [Lives in Bengal, in rice [sic]... The [b] variety comes from the island of Ceylon...My cabinet. ]. | |
Unio mytiloides Bory de St. Vincent, 1827
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.]. ‘Val.’ Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 151. Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 585. (homonym of Pleurobema mytiloides Rafinesque, 1820) | |
Unio nodulosa Lamarck, 1819
Martini & Chemnitz, 1788. Conchyl. Cab. 10: pl. 170, fig. 1650.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 9 [as Unio sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 78, sp. 35. (new name for Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791) | |
Unio ovatus Say, 1817
 Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 5 [as Unio sp.]. Say, 1817. Nich. Encyc. 2: [12,] pl. 2, fig. 7. Say, 1819. Nich. Encyc. 4: [17,] pl. 2, fig. 7. Say, 1858. [in] Binney, Compl. Writings T. Say: 50-51. Type(s): NEOTYPE SMF_4338, N. Amerika. | |
Unio peruviana Lamarck, 1819
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, fig. 7 [as Unio sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 71, sp. 4. | |
Unio riparia Pfeiffer, 1821
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 249, fig. 4a-b [as Unio sp.]. Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 118, pl. 5, fig. 13. Scholtz, 1843. Land- und Wassermoll. Schlesiens: 129. [nomen nudum] | |
Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819 Lister, 1685. Conch.: pl. 149, fig. 3 [sic]. [pre-linnaean] Knorr, 1757. Vergnügen 2(4): pl. 25, fig. 2. [pre-linnaean] Schröter, 1779. Gesch. Flußconch.: pl. 4, fig. 1.
Bruguière, 1797. Encycl. Méth. 2: pl. 248, figs. 1a-b [as Unio sp.]. Lamarck, 1819. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 70, sp. 1. Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNG_XXX, the Rhine, the Loire and other rivers of continental Europe. | |
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