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Publication Deshayes (1855): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1855. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22: 13-23. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Batissa atrata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 14, sp. 8.

Batissa corbiculoides Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 14, sp. 5.

Batissa humerosa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 14, sp. 6.

Batissa insignis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 13, sp. 1.

Batissa lenticularis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 14, sp. 4.

Batissa megadesma Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 14, sp. 7.

Batissa producta Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 13, sp. 3.

Batissa triquetra Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 13, sp. 2.

Cyrena aequilatera Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 31 [as ‘æquilatera’].
(renamed Cyrena aequilateralis Deshayes, 1855)

Cyrena affinis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 16, sp. 14.

Cyrena anomala Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 21, sp. 36.

Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 30.

Cyrena compta Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 18, sp. 24.

Cyrena conjuncta Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 15, sp. 11.

Cyrena decipiens Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 17, sp. 18.

Cyrena divaricata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 17, sp. 20.

Cyrena dura Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 29.

Cyrena essingtonensis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 19, sp. 26.

Cyrena fallax Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 15, sp. 10.

Cyrena impressa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 18, sp. 23.

Cyrena incerta Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 19, sp. 25.

Cyrena inquinata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 15, sp. 9.

Cyrena jukesi Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 19, sp. 27.

Cyrena lauta Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 15, sp. 12.

Cyrena mactroides Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 17, sp. 17.
(renamed Cyrena mactraeformis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena nitida Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 23, sp. 41.

Cyrena notabilis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 21, sp. 35.

Cyrena oviformis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 16, sp. 15.

Cyrena pallida Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 17, sp. 19.

Cyrena placida Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 19, sp. 28.

Cyrena similis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 16, sp. 13.
(reference to Venus similis Wood, 1828)

Cyrena sinuosa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 18, sp. 22.

Cyrena sublobata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 18, sp. 21.

Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 21, sp. 33.
(renamed Cyrena californiensis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena ventricosa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 16, sp. 16.

Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 22, sp. 39.
(renamed Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865)

Cyrena (Anomala) cumingii Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 22, sp. 37.

Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 23, sp. 40.
(homonym of Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851; renamed Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena (Anomala) insignis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 20, sp. 32.

Cyrena (Anomala) isocardioides Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 22, sp. 38.

Cyrena (Anomala) nitidula Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 21, sp. 34.

 
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