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

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Publication Moricand (1837): summary
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Complete Citation

Moricand, S. 1837. Premier supplément au Mémoire sur les coquilles terrestres et fluviatules de la province de Bahia, envoyées par M. Blanchet. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 139-. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Monocondylea Moricand, 1837
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 611.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Herrmannsen, 1849. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 668.
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 84.
Petit de la Saussaye, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 15.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4.
Deshayes & Jullien, 1876. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 117.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Zieritz et al., 2015. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 53(1): 82.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodon litturatum Moricand, 1837
‘Spix’ of Authors.
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 147.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 87, pl. 17, fig. 4 [as ‘Anodonta litturataq’].
(error for Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827)

Unio (Monocondylea) franciscana Moricand, 1837
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145, pl. 3, figs. 14-17.
Type(s): IDIOTYPE USNM_86333, Rio San Francisco, Brazil. .

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anserina Spix = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta exotica Lam. = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta obtusa Wagn. = Anodontites obtusa
+ Anodon obtusus var. lituratum Wagner, 1827

Anodonta siliquosa Spix = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Anodon siliquosus var. pygmaeum Wagner, 1827
+ Mycetopoda siliquosus d’Orbigny, 1835

Anodonta spixii d’Orb. = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon trapezeus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon rotundus Wagner, 1827

Unio (Monocondylea) [sic] franciscana Nob. = Monocondylaea franciscana

 
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