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Publication d’Orbigny (1846): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

d’Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5. 758 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Bysoanodonta d’Orbigny, 1846
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: pl. 84.
(error for Byssanodonta d’Orbigny, 1846)

Byssanodonta d’Orbigny, 1846
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 621.
Type species: Byssanodonta paranensis d’Orbigny, 1846 (monotypy) = Byssanodonta paranensis

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)

Mycetopus d’Orbigny, 1840
d’Orbigny, 1840. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: pl. 66.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 600.
(error for Mycetopoda d’Orbigny, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 8 available nominal species attributed to this publication (42 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta ensiformis Spix = Lamproscapha ensiformis

Anodonta exotica Lamk. = Anodontites patagonica
+ Anodonta trapesialis Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodonta patagonica Lamarck, 1819
+ Anodon anserinus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon radiatus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827
+ Anodon giganteus Wagner, 1827

Anodonta exotica Lamk. = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta exotica Lamk. = Leila esula

Anodonta limnoica d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta lucida d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites lucida

Anodonta membranacea d’Orb., 1846 = Diplodon variabilis
+ Anodonta latomarginata Lea, 1834

Anodonta membranacea d’Orb., 1846 = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta puelchana d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites trigona

Anodonta sirionos d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites patagonica
+ Unio (Anodontes) ferrarisii d’Orbigny, 1835

Anodonta sirionos d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites ferrarisii

Anodonta soleniformis d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites solenidea

Anodonta tenebricosa Lea = Anodontites tenebricosa

Anodonta trapezeum Spix = Anodontites trapezea
+ Anodon rotundus Wagner, 1827
+ Unio (Anodontes) spixii d’Orbigny, 1835

Anodonta trigona Spix = Anodontites trigona
+ Unio (Anodontes) chiquitana d’Orbigny, 1835

Byssanodonta paranensis d’Orb., 1846

Castalia ambigua Lamk.
+ Tetraplodon pectinatus Wagner, 1827
+ Castalia inflata d’Orbigny, 1835

Castalia ambigua Lamk. = Castalia inflata

Castalia quadrilatera d’Orb., 1835 = Castalia ambigua

Iridina esula d’Orb., 1835 = Leila blainvilliana
+ Anodonta blainvilliana Lea, 1834

Iridina esula d’Orb., 1835 = Leila esula

Iridina trapezialis [sic] d’Orb., 1835 = Anodontites trapesialis

Monocondylæa corrientesensis d’Orb., 1835 = Monocondylaea corrientesensis

Monocondylæa fossiculifera d’Orb., 1835 = Fossula fossiculifera

Monocondylæa guarayana d’Orb., 1835 = Monocondylaea guarayana

Monocondylæa minuana d’Orb., 1835 = Monocondylaea minuana

Monocondylæa paraguayana d’Orb., 1835 = Monocondylaea paraguayana

Monocondylæa parchappii d’Orb., 1835 = Monocondylaea parchappii

Mycetopus siliquosus d’Orb., 1835 = Mycetopoda siliquosa
+ Anodon longinus Wagner, 1827

Mycetopus soleniformis d’Orb., 1835 = Mycetopoda soleniformis

Mycetopus ventricosus d’Orb., 1835 = Mycetopoda siliquosa

Mytilus americanus d’Orb., 1846

Mytilus falcatus d’Orb., 1846 = Mytella charruana

Mytilus guyanensis d’Orb. = Mytella guyanensis

Mytilus solisianus d’Orb. = Mytilaster solisianus

Unio burroughiana Lea = Diplodon burroughianus

Unio charruana d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon charruanus
+ Unio faba d’Orbigny, 1835

Unio delodonta Lamk. = Diplodon delodontus
+ Unio lacteolus Lea, 1834

Unio depressa Lamk. = Hyridella depressa

Unio fontaineana [sic] d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon fontainianus

Unio guaraniana d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon guaranianus

Unio hylaea d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon hylaeus

Unio multistriata Lea = Diplodon multistriatus

Unio obtusa Féruss. = Hyridella australis
+ Unio depressa Lesson, 1830
+ Unio auratus Lea, 1838

Unio obtusa Féruss. = Diplodon chilensis

Unio parallelipipedon [sic] Lea = Diplodon parallelopipedon

Unio paranensis Lea = Diplodon paranensis

Unio patagonica d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon chilensis

Unio psammoica d’Orb., 1835 = Castalia psammoica

Unio rhuacoica d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon rhuacoicus

Unio solisiana d’Orb., 1835 = Diplodon solisianus

Unio variabilis Wood = Diplodon variabilis
+ Unio matoniana d’Orbigny, 1835

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