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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 Lamarck (1807), 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

Lamarck, J.B. 1807. Sur la division des Mollusques Acéphales conchylifères, et sur un nouveau genre de coquille appartenant à cette division. Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle 10: 389-408.

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Attributed Genus Names

Etheria Lamarck, 1807
Lamarck, 1807, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 400.
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 98.
(renamed Aetheria Oken, 1818)
Type species: Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807 (sub. desig. by Gray, 1847: 193) = Etheria elliptica

Attributed Species Names

Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
Lamarck, 1807, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 404, pl. 32, figs. 1-2 [as ‘semi-lunata’].
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 100, sp. 3.
(renamed Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MHNG_XXX, Madagascar.

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
Lamarck, 1807, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 401, pls. 29; pl. 31, fig. 1.
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 99, sp. 1.
(renamed Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_21209, Habite..... la mer des grandes Indes?

Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
Lamarck, 1807, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 403, pl. 30; pl. 31, fig. 2.
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 99, sp. 2.
(renamed Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_21210, [no locality available - Africa].

Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807
Lamarck, 1807, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 406, pl. 32, figs. 3-4.
Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 6: 100, sp. 4.
(renamed Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHG_XXXX, Madagascar.

Taxonomic Opinions

Etheria elliptica

Etheria semi-lunata

Etheria transversa

Etheria trigonula

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