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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Deshayes (1854): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1854. Description of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 13-23, 317-371. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Batissa atrata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 14, sp. 8.

Batissa australis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 346, sp. 136.

Batissa corbiculoides Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 14, sp. 5.

Batissa humerosa Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 14, sp. 6.

Batissa insignis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 13, sp. 1.

Batissa lenticularis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 14, sp. 4.

Batissa megadesma Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 14, sp. 7.

Batissa producta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 13, sp. 3.

Batissa triquetra Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 13, sp. 2.

Corbicula ambigua Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 345, sp. 131.

Corbicula bengalensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 344, sp. 129.
(renamed Corbicula bengalica Prime, 1867)

Corbicula bensoni Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 345, sp. 130.

Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 344, sp. 126.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3508, Cachemire.

Corbicula convexa Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 119.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3516, Rio de la Plata.

Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 344, sp. 125.

Corbicula incrassata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 117.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3529, [no locality available].

Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 124.
(renamed Corbicula malaccana Prime, 1867)

Corbicula obscura Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 118.

Corbicula obsoleta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 120.

Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 122.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3531, Nvelle. Hollande.

Corbicula semisulcata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 121.

Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 116.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3537, Philippines.

Corbicula striatella Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 344, sp. 128.

Corbicula sulcatina Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 345, sp. 133.

Corbicula triangularis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 345, sp. 132.

Corbicula trigona Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 344, sp. 127.

Corbicula tumida Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 343, sp. 123.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3547, Borneo.

Cyrena aequilatera Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 31 [as ‘æquilatera’].
(renamed Cyrena aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854)

Cyrena affinis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 16, sp. 14.

Cyrena anomala Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 21, sp. 36.

Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 30.

Cyrena compta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 18, sp. 24.

Cyrena conjuncta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 15, sp. 11.

Cyrena decipiens Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17, sp. 18.

Cyrena divaricata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17, sp. 20.

Cyrena dura Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 29.

Cyrena essingtonensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 19, sp. 26.

Cyrena fallax Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 15, sp. 10.

Cyrena impressa Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 18, sp. 23.

Cyrena incerta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 19, sp. 25.

Cyrena inquinata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 15, sp. 9.

Cyrena jukesi Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 19, sp. 27.

Cyrena lauta Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 15, sp. 12.

Cyrena mactroides Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17, sp. 17.
(renamed Cyrena mactraeformis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena nitida Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 23, sp. 41.

Cyrena notabilis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 21, sp. 35.

Cyrena oviformis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 16, sp. 15.

Cyrena pallida Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17, sp. 19.

Cyrena placida Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 19, sp. 28.

Cyrena similis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 16, sp. 13.
(reference to Venus similis Wood, 1828)

Cyrena sinuosa Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 18, sp. 22.

Cyrena sublobata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 18, sp. 21.

Cyrena subquadrata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 21, sp. 33.
(renamed Cyrena californiensis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena ventricosa Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 16, sp. 16.

Cyrena (Anomala) angulata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 22, sp. 39.
(renamed Cyrena tumida Prime, 1865)

Cyrena (Anomala) cumingii Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 22, sp. 37.

Cyrena (Anomala) inflata Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 23, sp. 40.
(homonym of Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851; renamed Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860)

Cyrena (Anomala) insignis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 20, sp. 32.

Cyrena (Anomala) isocardioides Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 22, sp. 38.

Cyrena (Anomala) nitidula Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 21, sp. 34.

Cyrenella lenticularis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 341, sp. 112.

Cyrenella moretonensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 341, sp. 109.

Cyrenella oblonga Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 341, sp. 109.

Cyrenella philippinarum Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 340, sp. 108.

Cyrenella pisiformis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 341, sp. 113.

Cyrenella senegalensis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 341, sp. 111.

Cyrenella sphaericula Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 340, sp. 107 [as ‘sphæricula’].

Iphigenia psammobialis Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 346, sp. 138.

Sphaerium indicum Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 115.

Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 342, sp. 114 [as ‘novæ-zelandiæ’].
 
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