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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 Férussac (1824), 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

Férussac. 1824. Sur un nouveau genre de la famille des Huîtres, qui parait réellement vivre dans l’eau douce. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 366-372.

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Attributed Genus Names

Mulleria Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824, Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 368.
Deshayes, 1827, Diction. Class. Hist. Nat. 11: 297.
Type species: Mulleria rivoli Deshayes, 1827 (subsequent designation) = Mulleria rivoli

Attributed Species Names

Anodonta palustris Férussac, 1822
Férussac, 1822, Art. Anod., in Dict. class. d’hist. nat. 1: 397.
Férussac, 1824, Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 397.

Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824, Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825, Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHG_XXXX, Madagascar.

Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824, Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825, Zool. Jour. 1: 522 [as ‘Ætheria’].
(new name for Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807; new name for Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807)

Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824
Férussac, 1824, Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. 1: 359.
Ferussac in Sowerby, 1825, Zool. Jour. 1: 522.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MCZ_72888, Blue Nile, Egypt.

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