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

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Publication Deshayes (1855): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Deshayes, G.P. 1855. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22: 321-371. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Batissa australis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 346, sp. 136.

Corbicula ambigua Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 131.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 223, sp. 8.

Corbicula bengalensis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 129.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 224, sp. 11.
(renamed Corbicula bengalica Prime, 1866)

Corbicula bensoni Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 130.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 223, sp. 10.

Corbicula cashmiriensis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 126.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 224, sp. 14.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3508, Cachemire.

Corbicula convexa Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 119.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 231, sp. 39.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3516, Rio de la Plata.

Corbicula grandis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 125.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 225, sp. 16.

Corbicula incrassata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 117.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 233, sp. 44.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3529, [no locality available].

Corbicula malaccensis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 343, sp. 124.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 229, sp. 29.
(renamed Corbicula malaccana Prime, 1864)

Corbicula obscura Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 118.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 232, sp. 43.

Corbicula obsoleta Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 343, sp. 120.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 230, sp. 35.

Corbicula ovalina Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 343, sp. 122.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 229, sp. 31.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3531, Nvelle. Hollande.

Corbicula semisulcata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 343, sp. 121.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 230, sp. 34.

Corbicula squalida Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 116.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 233, sp. 45.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3537, Philippines.

Corbicula striatella Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 128.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 224, sp. 12.

Corbicula sulcatina Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 133.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 233, sp. 46.

Corbicula triangularis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 345, sp. 132.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 234, sp. 47.

Corbicula trigona Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 344, sp. 127.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 224, sp. 13.

Corbicula tumida Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 343, sp. 123.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 229, sp. 30.
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3547, Borneo.

Cyrenella lenticularis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 341, sp. 112.

Cyrenella moretonensis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 341, sp. 109.

Cyrenella oblonga Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 341, sp. 109.

Cyrenella philippinarum Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 340, sp. 108.

Cyrenella pisiformis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 341, sp. 113.

Cyrenella senegalensis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 341, sp. 111.

Cyrenella sphaericula Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 340, sp. 107 [as ‘sphæricula’].

Iphigenia psammobialis Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 346, sp. 138.

Psammobia togata Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: ??.

Sphaerium indicum Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 115.
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 265, sp. 9.

Sphaerium novaezelandiae Deshayes, 1855
Deshayes, 1855. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 22: 342, sp. 114 [as ‘novæ-zelandiæ’].
Deshayes, 1855. Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 2: 272, sp. 45 [as ‘Novæ Zelandiæ’].
 
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