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Publication Bérenguier (1882): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bérenguier, P. 1882. Essai sur la Faune Malacologique du Var. 131 pp.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio berenguieri Locard, 1882
Bourguignat in Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 292, 361.
Bourguignat in Bérenguier, 1882. Faune malac. Var: 100.
Bourguignat in Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 153 [47].
Bourguignat in Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 182.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_22129, Canal des Moulins à Roquebrune (Var).

Unio forojuliensis Locard, 1882
Bourguignat in Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 293, 361 [as ‘foroguliensis’].
Bérenguier, 1882. Faune malac. Var: 95.
‘Bérenguier’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 150 [44].
‘Bérenguier’ Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 181.
(correct name for Unio foroguliensis Locard, 1882)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22223 (by Graf, 2011: 475), Fréjus (Var).

Unio orthellus Locard, 1882
Bourguignat in Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 288, 357.
Bérenguier, 1882. Faune malac. Var: 97.
‘Bérenguier’ Locard, 1889. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 140 [34].
Bérenguier in Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 166.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22433 (by Graf, 2011: 495), La Grande-Garonne, à Fréjus (Var).

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta gallica Bourguignat, 1881 = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta oblonga Millet, 1833 = Anodonta cygnea

Unio berenguieri Nov. sp.: In Bourguignat, 1882. Mat. moll. acéph. = Unio mancus

Unio forojuliensis Nov. sp.: In Bourguignat, 1882. Mat. moll. acéph. = Unio mancus
+ Unio foroguliensis Locard, 1882

Unio orthellus Nov. sp.: In Bourguignat, 1882. Mat. moll. acéph. = Unio mancus

Unio saint-simonianus Fagot in Locard, 1882 = Unio mancus

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