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

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Publication Poiret (1801): summary
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Complete Citation

Poiret, J.L. 1801. Coquilles Fluviatilies et Terrestres, Observées dans le Département de l’Aisne et aux environs de Paris. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta cygnaea Poiret, 1801
‘Linnaeus’ of Authors.
Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 109 [’Anodontites cygnæa’].
Gassies, 1849. Moll. Agenais: 189 [as ‘cygnæa’].
Dupuy, 1852. Hist. Natur. Moll. France (6): 601.
de Joannis, 1859. Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268.
Bourguignat, 1881. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 140.
Locard, 1882. Prodr. Malac. Franç. 1: 269.
Bourguignat, 1882. Natural. Sicil. 2 (1): 20 [1].
Bourguignat, 1883. Aperçu Unionid. Pénins. Ital.: 89.
Locard, 1890. Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 14: 70 [26].
Baichère, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 126.
Fagot, 1892. Bull. Soc. Ramond 27: 39.
Locard, 1893. Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 234.
Locard, 1899. Conchyliol. Portug.: 267.
Germain, 1904. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Ouest France 4: 289.
Germain, 1931. Faune de France 22: 752.
‘Linnaeus’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 19.
Dhora, 2009. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade 61(3): 547.
(error for Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio rugosa Poiret, 1801
Poiret, 1801. Coq. Fluv., et Terr. de l’Aisne: 105.
(homonym of Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites anatina Lin. = Anodonta anatina

Anodontites cygnæa [sic] Lin. = Anodonta cygnea

Tellina cornea Lin. = Sphaerium corneum

Unio littoralis = Potomida littoralis

Unio margaritifera Lin. = Margaritifera margaritifera

Unio pictorum Lin.

Unio rugosa = Pseudunio auricularius

 
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