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Publication Blainville (1825): summary
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Complete Citation

Blainville, H.M.D. de. 1825. Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. 647 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Alasmisodonta Blainville, 1825
‘Say’ Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 630, 639.
(error for Alasmidonta Say, 1818)

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta cristata Blainville, 1825
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 631. [nomen nudum]

Anodonta dipsas Blainville, 1825
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538, pl. 66, fig. 3 [2].

Anodonta exotica Blainville, 1825
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.

Anodonta trapezialis Blainville, 1825
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 538.
Bory de St. Vincent, 1827. Encycl. Méth. 2: 147.
Menke, 1828. Syn. Method. Moll.: 63.
Menke, 1830. Syn. Method. Moll.: 106.
Lea, 1834. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5 [O. 1]: 93.
d’Orbigny, 1835. Mag. Zool. 5(61-62): 43.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 53.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 287.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 220.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 596.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 52.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 85.
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 504.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 82.
Ihering, 1893. Arch. Naturg. 59(1): 135.
Corsi, 1900. Anais Mus. Nac. Montevideo 2: 456.
Marshall, 1915. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 49(2122): 529.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 340.
H.B. Baker, 1930. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (210): 70.
Morretes, 1949. Arqu. Mus. Paranaense 7: 27.

Unio ambigua Blainville, 1825
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: 539, pl. 67, fig. 4.

Unio corrugata Blainville, 1825
Blainville, 1825. Manuel Malacol. et Conch.: pl. 67, fig. 1.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cristata = Cristaria plicata

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta dipsas = Cristaria plicata

Anodonta exotica = Mutela dubia

Anodonta rubens = Chambardia rubens

Anodonta trapezialis [sic] = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta tuberculata (Schum.) = Cristaria plicata

Anodonta undulata = Strophitus undulatus

Etheria elliptica

Etheria semilunata = Etheria elliptica

Unio ambigua = Castalia ambigua

Unio corrugata = Triplodon corrugatus

Unio pictorum

Unio sinuata = Pseudunio auricularius

Unio suborbiculata = Glebula rotundata

 
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