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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Deshayes (1853): summary publication summary Complete CitationDeshayes, G.P. 1853. Veneridæ, Cyprinidæ and Glauconomidæ. Catalogue of the Conchifera or Bivalve Shells in the Collection of the British Museum part 1: 1-216. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAmisoda Deshayes, 1853 Deshayes, 1853. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 261. (error for Amesoda Rafinesque, 1820) Anomala Deshayes, 1855 Deshayes, 1853. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 255. Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20. (homonym of v. Block, 1799 [Hymen.]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Cyrena Lamarck, 1818; renamed Egeta Adams & Adams, 1857) Type species: Cyrena anomala Deshayes, 1855 (tautonomy) = Polymesoda anomala Cyrenella Deshayes, 1853 Deshayes, 1853. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: ?, pl. 15, fig. 4. (new name for Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835) Cyrenodonta Deshayes, 1853 Deshayes, 1853. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 240 [as ‘Cyrenodontæ’]. Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 453. (error for Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835) Gemma Deshayes, 1853 Deshayes, 1853. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 112. Polymeroda Deshayes, 1853 Deshayes, 1853. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 241. (error for Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820) Attributed Nominal Species
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