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

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Publication Férussac (1824): summary
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Complete Citation

Férussac. 1824. Sur un nouveau genre de la famille des Huîtres, qui parait réellement vivre dans l’eau douce. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle 1 (2nd series): 366-372. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Mulleria Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 368.
Deshayes, 1827. Diction. Class. Hist. Nat. 11: 297.
Type species: Mulleria rivoli Deshayes, 1827 (subsequent designation) = Mulleria rivoli

Attributed Nominal Species

Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MCZ_72888, Blue Nile, Egypt.

Anodonta palustris Férussac, 1822
Férussac, 1822. Art. Anod., in Dict. class. d’hist. nat. 1: 397.
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 397.

Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807)

Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825. Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHG_XXXX, Madagascar.

 
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