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Publication Pallary (1939): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Pallary, P. 1939. Deuxième addition a la faune malacologique de la Syrie. Mémoires de l’Institut d’Égypte 39: 1-141.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta (Euphrata) bahlikiana Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121, pl. 7, fig. 1.

Leguminaia mardinensis var. truncata Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Monocondyloea mardinensis Lea, 1865)

Leguminaia tripolitana var. kebirensis Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tripolitanus Bourguignat, 1852)

Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929
Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 34; ‘Abb.’.
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 115.
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1937-12-30-13052-13053, Le Nahr el Kabir a Tell Kalat [Syria].

Margaritana syriaca var. minor Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(homonym of Margaritana minor Lea, 1845; intro'd as intra-sp. of Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929)

Margaritana syriaca var. ponderosa Pallary, 1929
Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 36.
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(homonym of Margaritana dernaica var. ponderosa Pallary, 1928; intro'd as intra-sp. of Margaritana syriaca Pallary, 1929)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0077, L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites).

Margaritana syriaca var. quadrata Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.

Unio salamboana Pallary, 1929
Pallary, 1929. Mém. Inst. Égypte 12: 37, pl. 3, figs. 21-24.
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 121.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0070, Nahr el Kebir a Tell el Kalaat (Alaouites).

Unio (Limnium) diabekirianus Pallary, 1939
‘Kobelt’ Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 120.
(error for Unio diarbekirianus Kobelt, 1913)

Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1933. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 5: 149. [nomen nudum]
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 118, pl. 7, figs. 2-4.

Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. major Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 118.
(homonym of Unio (Anodontes) sirionos var. major d’Orbigny, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939)

Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana var. minor Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 119.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio (Nemrodia) tammouziana Pallary, 1939)

Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. cuneiformis Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 116.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852; homonym of Unio vinceloti var. cuneiformis Germain, 1904)

Unio (Nemrodia) tigris [sic] var. khabourensis Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 117.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852)

Unio (Psilunio) rothi var. rotundata Pallary, 1939
Pallary, 1939. Mém. Inst. Égypte 39: 119.
(homonym of Unio rotundata Lamarck, 1819; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rothi Bourguignat, 1863)

 
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