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Publication Deshayes (1832): summary
publication summary Complete CitationDeshayes, G.P. 1832. Encyclopédie Méthodique; Histoire Naturelle des vers 2 (Deuxième partie): 145-594. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraAttributed Nominal SpeciesLucina aurantia Deshayes, 1832
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 384. | |
Mulleria rivoli Deshayes, 1827
Deshayes, 1827. Diction. Class. Hist. Nat. 11: 297.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 588 [as ‘Mullerie’]. | |
Unio atra Deshayes, 1832
‘Lea’ Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 582.
(reference to Unio ater Lea, 1829) | |
Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832
‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Jay, 1836. Cat. Rec. Shells: 20 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 29.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 21 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 198 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 32 [as ‘Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus’].
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 494 [as ‘egyptiacus’].
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 50.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140 [as ‘Caelatura egyptiaca’].
Araujo et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 280.
(error for Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827) | |
Unio fragilis Swainson, 1823
‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Swainson, 1823. Zool. Illustr. 3(1): pl. 171.
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587.
Conrad, 1836. Monogr. Fam. Unionidae 1(6): 55, pl. 30.
(reference to Unio (Leptodea) fragilis Rafinesque, 1820) | |
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 securis Deshayes, 1832
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 578.
Deshayes, 1835. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 550.
(reference to Unio securis Lea, 1829) | |
Unio marginalis var. zonata Hanley & Theobald, 1872
Deshayes, 1832. Enc. Méth. 2 (Deuxième partie): 587 [as ‘marginalis’].
 Hanley & Theobald, 1872. Conch. Indica (3): 20, pl. 44, fig. 2.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio marginalis Lamarck, 1819) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsGalatæa [sic] radiata Lamk. = Galatea paradoxa
+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus paradoxa Born, 1778 Glycimeris siliqua Lamk. = Cyrtodaria siliqua
+ Glycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801 Iridina exotica Lamk. = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823
+ Iridina mutel Rang, 1835 Iridina rubens Nob. = Chambardia rubens Lucina aurantia Nob. Mya arenaria Lin. Mytilus edulis Linn. Unio alata Say = Potamilus alatus Unio atra Lea = Potamilus purpuratus Unio australis Lamk. = Hyridella australis Unio avicularis Lamk. = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791 Unio avicularis Lamk. = Prisodon obliquus Unio batava Maton = Unio crassus Unio coarctata Lamk. = Elliptio complanata Unio corrugata Mull. = Indonaia rugosa
+ Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791 Unio corrugata Mull. = Parreysia corrugata Unio egyptiaca [sic] Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca Unio fragilis Say [sic] = Potamilus fragilis Unio granosa Brug. = Diplodon granosus Unio irrorata = Cyprogenia stegaria Unio lanceolata Lea = Parvaspina lanceolata Unio littoralis = Potomida littoralis Unio marginalis Lamk. = Lamellidens marginalis Unio mytiloides = Pleurobema sintoxia Unio naviformis Lamk. = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio cylindricus Say, 1817 Unio nilotica Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca Unio pictorum Lin.
+ Mya pictorum Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Draparnaud, 1806
+ Unio pictorum Pfeiffer, 1821
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802 Unio pictorum Lin. = Unio mancus Unio pictorum Lin. = Unio tumidus Unio pictorum Lin. = Unio crassus Unio purpurascens Lamk. = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817 Unio radiata Gmel. = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Unio ochraceus Say, 1817 Unio radiata Gmel. = Lampsilis radiata Unio rariplicata Lamk. = Amblema plicata Unio rostrata Lamk. = Unio pictorum Unio securis Lea = Ellipsaria lineolata Unio sinuata Lamk. = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
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