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

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Publication Deshayes (1830): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1830. Encyclopédie Méthodique; Histoire Naturelle des vers 2 (Deuxième partie): 1-144. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbula donacina Nobis = Erodona mactroides

Corbula porcina Lamarck = Erodona mactroides

Cyclas calyculata Drap. = Sphaerium lacustre

Cyclas cornea Lamk. = Sphaerium corneum

Cyclas fontinalis Drap. = Euglesa casertana

Cyclas laevigata Nob.

Cyclas rivicola Lamk. = Sphaerium rivicola
+ Cyclas cornea Draparnaud, 1801

Cyprina islandica Lamk. = Arctica islandica

Cyprina scutellaria Nob.

Cyrena antiqua Fer.

Cyrena australis Nob. = Corbicula australis

Cyrena brongniarti Bast.

Cyrena ceylanica Lamk. = Geloina erosa
+ Venus coaxans Gmelin, 1791

Cyrena cor Lamk. = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyrena consobrina Cailliaud, 1823
+ Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818

Cyrena cor Lamk. = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena crassa Nob.

Cyrena cuneiformis Feruss.

Cyrena deperdita Nob.

Cyrena depressa Nob.

Cyrena faujasii Nob.

Cyrena fluminea Lamk. = Corbicula fluminea

Cyrena geslini Nob.

Cyrena gravesii Nob.

Cyrena obovata Sow.

Cyrena semi-striata Nob.

Cyrena tellinella Ferus.

Cyrena truncata Lamk.

Cyrena violacea Lamk. = Batissa violacea

Etheria cailliaudi Fer. = Etheria elliptica

Etheria elliptica Lamk.

Etheria semi-lunata Lamk. = Etheria elliptica

Etheria transversa Lamk. = Etheria elliptica

Etheria trigonula Lamk. = Etheria elliptica