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Publication Pallary (1924): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Pallary, P. 1924. Supplément a la fauna malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l’Égypte. Mémoires de l’Institut d’Égypte 7 (n.s.). 61 pp., 4 pls.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula bithydra Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 37.
(error for Corbicula consobrina var. bithydea Pallary, 1909)

Corbicula calvertiana Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 39. [nomen nudum]

Corbicula letourneuxi Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 39. [nomen nudum]

Corbicula pisioides Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 39. [nomen nudum]

Corbicula consobrina var. degouseei Pallary, 1909
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 71.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 38.
(error for Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1889)

Eupera lhotelleriei Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 40.
(intro'd as syn of Eupera letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1883)

Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 52, pl. 4, fig. 14.
Type(s): PARATYPES BMNH_1937-12-30-13155-13156, Lower Nile River.

Mutelina rhynchota Pallary, 1909
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 15 [as ‘M. aegyptiaca var. rhynchota].

Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 17.
Type(s): UNKNOWN UMMZ_111999, Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt.

Mutelina aegyptiaca var. obtusa Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 53, pl. 4, fig. 13.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutelina aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924)

Nodularia (Cælatura) gaillardoti Pallary, 1909
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 78, pl. 5, figs. 7-8.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 51, pl. 3, figs. 4-6.

Nodularia (Cælatura) parreyssi var. pruneri Pallary, 1909
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 78.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 50, pl. 3, figs. 1-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 97, pl. 2, fig. 2.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPE IRSNB_MP_0663, Lac Albert-Edward.

Spatha lhotellerii Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 54.
(intro'd as syn of Spatha cailliaudi Martens, 1866)

Spathella fourtaui Pallary, 1903
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 96, pl. 1, fig. 3.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 85.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 55.

Unio aenodus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 43, 50, pl. 2, figs. 13-15.

Unio canopicus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 45, pl. 2, figs. 10-12.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio companyoi Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 45, pl. 2, figs. 1-3.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio emeterus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 50, pl. 4, figs. 7-9.
(intro'd as syn of Nodularia (Cælatura) parreyssi var. pruneri Pallary, 1909)

Unio fourtaui Pallary, 1903
‘Phil.’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 276, pl. 11, figs. 3-3b [as ‘U. teretiusculus’]. [in part]
Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 95.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 49.

Unio hydrarius Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 44, pl. 4, figs. 4-6.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio insuetus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 50, pl. 3, figs. 13-15.

Unio masranus Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 45, pl. 2, fig. 7-9.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio monereus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 50, pl. 3, figs. 10-12.

Unio mysticus Pallary, 1903
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1903. Bull. Inst. Égypt. 3 (4th series): 94, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 78.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 50, pl. 4, figs. 1-3.

Unio philesicus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 47, 50, pl. 2, figs. 16-18.

Unio prasidens Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 45, pl. 2, figs. 4-6.
(intro'd as syn of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio sennaarensis Lea, 1870
‘Küster’ of Authors.
Lea, 1870. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 64.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 48.
(error for Unio sennaariensis Küster, 1862)

Unio vignardi Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 40, pl. 4, figs. 16, 18.

Unio (Horusia) eurystellina Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 48, pl. 4, figs. 10-12.
(error for Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903)

Unio (Horusia) parreyssi var. anergus Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81 [as ‘Unio anergus’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 46, pl. 3, figs. 7-9.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Unio (Horusia) parreyssi var. curta Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 46, pl. 3, fig. 20.
(homonym of Unio curtus Lea, 1859; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Unio (Horusia) parreyssi var. marchandi Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 48.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Unio (Horusia) parreyssi var. minor Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 46.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Unio (Horusia) parreyssi var. petrettinii Pallary, 1924
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 81 [as ‘Unio petretinii’]. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 46, pl. 3, figs. 16-18.
(correct name for Unio petretinii Pallary, 1909; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

Unio (Nitia) teretiusculus var. minor Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 49.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835)

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