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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 de Joannis (1859), 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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=641 
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 Publication information 
de Joannis, L. 1859. Étude sur les nayades du département de Maine et Loire. Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire 3: 261-295. 
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Attributed Species Names
  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)
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  Unio draparnaudi Moquin-Tandon, 1855
    ‘Deshayes’  of Authors.
     Moquin-Tandon, 1855, Hist. Natur. Moll. France 2: 569.
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 283.
    (error for Unio draparnaldii Deshayes, 1831)
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  Unio requienii var. arcuata Drouët, 1857
     Drouët, 1857, Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 7, fig. 3.
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 11, fig. 2.
    (misidentified reference to Unio arcuata Jacquemin, 1835)
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  Unio batavus var. ovalis de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 10, fig. 2.
    (misidentified reference to Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803)
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  Unio batavus var. nanus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 9, fig. 8. [in part]
    (misidentified reference to Unio nana Lamarck, 1819)
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  Unio batavus var. courtilieri de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 9, fig. 3.
    (reference to Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859; error for Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859)
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  Unio batavus var. longus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 288, pl. 10, fig. 3.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807; homonym of Unio longus Philippi, 1869)
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  Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 294, pl. 12, figs. 4-5.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; renamed Unio vinceloti Germain, 1904)
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  Unio pictorum var. tumens de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 295, pl. 12, fig. 6.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Unio requienii var. rostratus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 10, fig. 6.
    (homonym of Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819)
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  Unio requieni var. rostralis de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 292, pl. 11, fig. 6.
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  Unio pictorum de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 11, fig. 8.
    (reference to Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Unio pictorum var. longirostris de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 12, fig. 3.
    (reference to Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836)
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  Anodonta cygnaea var. intermedia de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 4, fig. 1.
    (reference to Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819)
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  Unio pictorum var. niger de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 294, pl. 12, fig. 2.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Unio (Elliptio) nigra Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 12, fig. 5. [in part]
    (reference to Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859)
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  Anodonta variabilis var. ligerica de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 279.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Anodonta variabilis Draparnaud, 1801)
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  Unio batavus var. baraceus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 285, pl. 9, fig. 7.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)
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  Unio batavus var. minimus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 289, pl. 9, fig. 6.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807; homonym of Unio requienii var. minima Drouët, 1857)
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  Anodonta avonensis de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 280, pl. 7, fig. 1.
    (misidentified reference to Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803)
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  Unio batavus var. nanus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 9, fig. 10. [in part]
    (misidentified reference to Unio nana Lamarck, 1819)
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  Unio batavus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 9, fig. 2. [in part]
    (reference to Mya batava Maton & Rackett, 1807)
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  Unio pictorum var. compressus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 295, pl. 12, fig. 7.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Unio compressus Sowerby, 1829; renamed Unio joannisi Locard, 1882)
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  Unio pictorum var. milleti de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 293, pl. 12, fig. 1.
    (reference to Unio pictorum var. milleti Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
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  Anodonta complanata var. normandi de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 6, fig. 1.
    (reference to Anodonta normandi Dupuy, 1849)
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  Anodonta complanata de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: pl. 6, fig. 2.
    (reference to Anodonta complanata Rossmässler, 1835)
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  Anodonta complanata var. elongata de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 276.
    (reference to Anodonta elongata Holandre, 1836)
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  Anodonta cygnaea var. radiata de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268, pl. 1.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Anodonta cygnaea var. radiata de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 268, pl. 1.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758; homonym of Anodonta (Lastena) ohiensis var. radiata Rafinesque, 1820)
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  Anodonta cygnaea var. minor de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 269.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)
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  Anodonta coartata de Joannis, 1859
     ‘Pot. et Mich.’ de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 273, pl. 6, fig. 3.
    (error for Anodonta coarctata Potiez & Michaud, 1844)
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  Unio rhomboideus var. truncatulus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 283, pl. 8, fig. 5.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rhomboideus Moquin-Tandon, 1855)
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  Unio batavus var. acutus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 287, pl. 10, fig. 1.
    (homonym of Unio acutus Rossmässler, 1837)
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  Unio batavus var. senotius de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 288, pl. 10, fig. 4.
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  Unio requienii var. rhyncoideus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 290, pl. 11, fig. 1.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)
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  Unio requienii var. abbreviatus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 290, pl. 11, fig. 7.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)
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  Unio requienii var. cuneatus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 10, fig. 7.
    (homonym of Unio cuneatus Barnes, 1823; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)
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  Unio requienii var. calami de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 11, fig. 3.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831)
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  Unio requienii var. cuneolus de Joannis, 1859
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 292, pl. 11, fig. 5.
    (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio requienii Michaud, 1831; homonym of Unio cuneolus Lea, 1840)
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  Unio sousanus Locard, 1889
      Drouët, 1857, Étud. Naïades. France, Unio: pl. 7, fig. 3 [as ‘Unio requienii var. acruata’].
     de Joannis, 1859, Ann. Soc. Linn. Maine-et-Loire 3: 291, pl. 11, fig. 2 [as ‘Unio requienii var. acruatus’].
     ‘Castro’ Locard, 1889, Contr. Faune Malacol. Franc. 13: 165 [59].
     ‘Castro’ Locard, 1893, Coqu. Eau Douce Saumâtre France: 197, fig. 211 [as ‘souzanus’].
     ‘Castro’ Locard, 1899, Conchyliol. Portug.: 258.
    Type(s): LECTOTYPE MNHN_22545, le Rhône, à Valence (Drôme).
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Taxonomic Opinions
	 Anodonta anatina Moq.
	 
	Anodonta anatina var. coarctata Moq.
	 + Anodonta parvula Drouët, 1852
	 
	Anodonta anatina var. crassiuscula Moq.
	 
	Anodonta anatina var. rostrata Moq.
	 + Anodonta moulinsiana Dupuy, 1850
	 
	Anodonta avonensis Moq.
	 + Anodonta subponderosa Dupuy, 1849
	 
	Anodonta avonensis var. compressa Moq.
	 
	Anodonta avonensis var. rossmassleriana Moq.
	 
	Anodonta complanata Drouet
	 
	Anodonta complanata var. elongata Moq.
	 
	Anodonta complanata var. normandi Moq.
	 
	Anodonta cygnæa [sic] Moq.
	 
	Anodonta cygnæa [sic] var. cellensis Moq.
	 
	Anodonta cygnæa [sic] var. intermedia Moq.
	 + Anodonta oblonga Millet, 1831
	 
	Anodonta cygnæa [sic] var. minor Nobis
	 
	Anodonta cygnæa [sic] var. radiata Moq.
	 
	Anodonta cygnæa [sic] var. ventricosa Moq.
	 
	Anodonta variabilis Moq.
	 + Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822
	 
	Anodonta variabilis var. crassula Moq.
	 + Anodonta piscinalis Gassies, 1849
	 
	Anodonta variabilis var. ligerica Nobis
	 + Anodonta intermedia Millet, 1831
	 
	Anodonta variabilis var. subcompressa Moq.
	 
	Anodonta variabilis var. subinflata Moq.
	 + Anodonta minima Millet, 1831
	 
	Unio batavus Lam.
	 
	Unio batavus var. acutus Nobis
	 
	Unio batavus var. arcuatus Moq.
	 
	Unio batavus var. baraceus Nobis
	 
	Unio batavus var. courtilieri [sic] Hattmann [sic]
	 
	Unio batavus var. longus Nobis
	 
	Unio batavus var. mancus Moq.
	 
	Unio batavus var. minimus Nobis
	 
	Unio batavus var. nanus Moq.
	 
	Unio batavus var. ovalis Moq.
	 
	Unio batavus var. sarratinus Moq.
	 
	Unio batavus var. senotius Nobis
	 
	Unio pictorum Moq.
	 
	Unio pictorum var. compressus Nobis
	 
	Unio pictorum var. flavescens Moq.
	 
	Unio pictorum var. longirostris (Ziegler)
	 
	Unio pictorum var. milleti Moq.
	 
	Unio pictorum var. niger Nobis
	 
	Unio pictorum var. radiatus Moq.
	 
	Unio pictorum var. tumens Nobis
	 
	Unio pictorum var. vinceleus Nobis
	 + Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859
	 
	Unio requienii Moq.
	 
	Unio requienii var. abbreviatus Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. arcuatus Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. calami Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. cuneatus Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. cuneolus Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. rhyncoideus Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. rostralis Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. rostratus Nobis
	 
	Unio requienii var. turtonii Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus Moq.
	 + Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. cuneatus Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. draparnaudi [sic] Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. elongatus Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. minor Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. pianensis Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. subtetragonus Moq.
	 
	Unio rhomboïdeus var. truncatulus Nobis
	 
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