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

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This page documents data for Valenciennes (1827), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Valenciennes, A. 1827. Coquilles fluviatiles bivalves du nouveau-continent, recueilles pendant le voyage de MM. de Humboldt et Bonpland, et décrites par A. Valenciennes. [in] Humboldt & Bonpland, Recueil d’observations de zoologie et d’anatomie compar: faites dans l’ocn atlantique, dans l’intieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les anns 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803 2(11-12): 225-237.

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Attributed Species Names

Unio ovata Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 226, pl. 50, figs. 1-1c.
(misidentified reference to Unio ovatus Say, 1817)

Anodonta purpurea Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 236, pl. 48 bis, figs. 3a-b.
(homonym of Anodonta purpurea Deshayes, 1826)
Type(s): UNKNOWN ,

Unio tuberculosus Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 232.
(error for Obliquaria (Rotundaria) tuberculata Rafinesque, 1820)

Unio undulata Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 229, pl. 54, figs. 3-3b.
(misidentified reference to Unio undulatus Barnes, 1823)

Unio dombeyana Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 227, pl. 53, figs. 1a-b.

Unio hians Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 235, pl. 54, figs. 2a-b.

Anodonta glauca Valenciennes, 1827
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 87. [nomen nudum]
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 236, pl. 50, fig. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN-IM-2000-1706A, Acapulco.

Unio verrucosa Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 231, pl. 53, fig. 2.
(homonym of Unio verrucosus Barnes, 1823)

Unio rostrata Valenciennes, 1827
Valenciennes, 1827, Receuil Observ. Zool. 2(11-12): 233, pl. 53, fig. 3.
(misidentified reference to Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819)

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