DONACIDAE J. Fleming, 1828

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 769-771

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Family DONACIDAE J. Fleming, 1828 View in CoL

acutata View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 11 ter, pl. 11 bis, figs 34-36; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 399; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 666 [fig. 36 not referenced on p. 11 ter; correction noted]. — Type locality: Hérouval. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Donax (Latona) acutatus (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 77; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71, as “ D. acutus ”).

affinis View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1850-TraitElem: 451-452. — Type locality: Bordeaux. — Type age: Miocene (Burdigalian). — Type material: MNHN.F.A70869, 3 syntypes (coll. Brongniart/Basterot). Based on Donax elongata Lamarck, 1818 View in CoL , of Basterot (1825: 84), non Lamarck, 1818. Donax (Chion) affinis Deshayes, 1850 View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 79). — Current status: Donax (Donax) affinis Deshayes, 1850 View in CoL ( Lesport et al. 2019: 42-43, pl. 16, figs 5-8.

affinis View in CoL , Donax View in CoL Deshayes, 1855c: 351, non Deshayes, 1850. — Type locality: Red Sea ; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: probable synonym of Donax (Serrula) trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

auversiensis View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, pl. 24, figs 24-26; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 393. — Type localities: Auvers-sur-Oise, Ducy, Valmondois & Le Fayel. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Donax auversiensis was mistakenly listed as the type species of Liodonax P. Fischer, 1887 , by Cossmann & Peyrot (1911) and by Nevesskaja et al. (2013: 377), but it was not among the diverse originally included species. — Current status: synonym of Donax (Latona) retusus Lamarck, 1806 View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78).

basterotina, Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1825-DescrCoqFoss: 110, 8, pl. 17, figs 21-22; 1830b-EncyMeth: 101; 1835-HistNatAnim2: 252; 1839-HistNatAnim3: 583. — Type localities: Maulette & Damery. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Donax (Latona) basterotinus Deshayes, 1825 View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 77; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71; Pacaud 2008: 92).

corbuloides , Donax – Deshayes, 1830b-EncyMeth: 99-100; 1835-HistNatAnim2: 250; HistNatAnim3: 582. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: taxon inquirendum ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

foucardi View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 22, pl. 22, figs 22-25; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 393-394. — Type locality: Hérouval. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Donax (Latona) foucardi (Deshayes, 1857) View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 77; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71).

incerta View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, pl. 24, figs 9-11; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 395-396. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Parnes, Damery, Hermonville, Boursault, Mary-sur-Marne & La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). The specimen from Châlons-sur-Vesle is Cyrena acutangularis Deshayes, 1857 . Donax (Tembrockia) incertus Deshayes, 1857 View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 79). — Current status: Donax (Latona) incertus Deshayes, 1857 View in CoL ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71; Pacaud 2008: 92).

interrupta View in CoL , Donax View in CoL Deshayes, 1855c: 353. — Type locality: mouth of River Nunn, West Africa ; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1842.6.10.147, 2 syntype pairs. — Current status: Donax rugosus interruptus Deshayes, 1855 View in CoL ( Cosel & Gofas 2019: 642-643).

lamarckii , Donax – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, pl. 24, figs 15-17, non Donax lamarckii Reeve, 1854 , ex Deshayes ms; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 394. Donax parisiensis , replacement name (see below).

lanceolata, Donax – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, pl. 24, figs 18-20; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 398-399. — Type localities: Thiverval-Grignon, Houdan, Boursault, Fleury-la-Rivière, Beauval & Crouy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian-Bartonian). — Current status: synonym of Donax (Latona) incompletus Lamarck, 1806 ( Pezant 1908: 228). Donax (Latona) lanceolatus Deshayes, 1857 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78).

obscura View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1830b-EncyMeth: 98. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: not found. — Current status: probable synonym of Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Huber 2010a: 318, 696; 2015: chapter 5 on CD; Signorelli & Printrakoon 2020: 19-20, 22-23, figs 7A-O, 8A-T, 9A-B; Lutaenko et al. 2021: 220, with Latona View in CoL considered a separate clade ( Moncada et al. 2022: 995).

parisiensis View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, as Donax lamarckii , pl. 24, figs 15-17, non Donax lamarckii Reeve, 1854 , ex Deshayes ms; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 394, replacement name; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 666 [error in pl. expl. noted]. — Type localities: Ducy, Crouy, Coulombs, Jaignes, Betz, Acy-en-Multien, Beauval, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Auvers-sur-Oise, Mary-sur-Marne, Le Mesnil-Aubry, Rouvres & Montagny. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Donax (Latona) parisiensis Deshayes, 1857 View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71).

peruviana View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1855c: 350-351. — Type locality: Peru; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1966544, holotype. — Current status: synonym of Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854 View in CoL , ex Deshayes ms ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 668; Valentich-Scott et al. 2020: 257).

psammobialis , Iphigenia View in CoL –Deshayes, 1855c: 346-347– Type locality: none given [clarified as being Malea View in CoL , Congo River by Huber, 2015); Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1851.11.17.43, holotype. — Current status: Profischeria psammobialis (Deshayes, 1855) ( Huber 2010a: 693; 2015: 748-749). striatella View in CoL , Donax View in CoL –Deshayes,1855c: 352-353.Not preoccupied by Donax striatella ( Brocchi, 1814) [ Tellina View in CoL ], which Nyst (1845) placed in Donax View in CoL but is a tellinid. —Type locality: “ Australia ”; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent.— Type material: NHMUK 1838.12.15.26, syntype ( Hedley 1913: 274, pl. 17, figs 38-39). — Current status: possibly from the Caribbean and senior synonym (May) to Donax vellicatus Reeve, 1855 View in CoL (June) ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD, but with synonymy reversed).

transversus, Donax View in CoL –Deshayes, 1830b-EncyMeth: 100, non G. B. Sowerby I, 1825; 1835-HistNatAnim2: 250-251; 1839-HistNatAnim3: 582. — Type localities: Bordeaux, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax & faluns de Touraine. — Type age: Miocene (Burdigalian). Based on Donax anatinum Lamarck, 1818 View in CoL , of Basterot (1825: 83-84), non Lamarck, 1818. — Type material: MNHN.F.A70870, syntype. — Type species (OD) of Paradonax Cossmann, 1910 ( Nevesskaja et al. 2013: 312, fig. 133-3). Donax View in CoL (Cuneus) transversus Deshayes, 1830 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 81). — Current status: synonym of Donax burdigalensis Defrance, 1819 View in CoL , obviating the need for a replacement name ( Lesport et al 2019: 43).

trigonula View in CoL , Donax View in CoL –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, pl. 24, figs 27- 28; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 397. — Type locality: Cresnes. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: MNHN.F.J04150, syntype. — Current status: Donax (Latona) trigonulus Deshayes, 1857 View in CoL ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71).

triradiata, Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1830b-EncyMeth: 98. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN- IM-2000-38632, 3 syntypes. — Current status: probable synonym of Latona trifasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Tellina View in CoL ] ( Huber 2010a: 319, 691; 2015: chapter 5 on CD) from the Philippine Islands ( Moncada et al. 2022: 995, with Latona View in CoL as a separate clade).

tumidula , Donax View in CoL –Deshayes, 1857-DescrCoqFoss: 24, pl.24, figs 21-23; 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 398. — Type locality: Cuise-la-Motte. — Type age:Eocene (Ypresian).— Current status: Egerella tumidula (Deshayes, 1857) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 82) . Synonym of Donax (Latona) levesquei d’Orbigny, 1850 View in CoL (Pacaud 2007: 62).

In the case of the following species, see the authorship discussion under Mactridae . This was also discussed by Tomlin (1931).

acuminata , Donax – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 8, fig. 58, ex Deshayes ms; Deshayes, 1855c: 352. — Type locality: none given; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

acutangula View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 6, fig. 33, ex Deshayes ms; Deshayes, 1855c: 350. — Type locality: Gabon, West Africa ; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1985034, 3 syntypes. — Current status: Donax acutiangula Reeve, 1854 ( Cosel & Gofas 2019: 652-653, as “ Deshayes in Reeve ”) .

aenea, Donax View in CoL – 1855c: 350, ex Mörch ms. — Type locality:Tanquebar?; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. First made available by Mörch (1853: 18); should have been spelled Donax aeneus . — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

bella, Donax – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 6, fig. 41, ex Deshayes ms;Deshayes, 1855c: 351. — Type locality: “Acapulco”, Mexico; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of the western Atlantic Donax variabilis Say, 1822 , based on a mislocalized specimen ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 665; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

clathrata View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 8, fig.57, ex Deshayes ms;Deshayes, 1855c: 354. — Type locality: none given; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent.— Type material:NHMUK unnumbered, 3 syntypes. — Current status: the Indo-Pacific Donax clathratus “Deshayes, 1855 View in CoL ” ( Oliver 1992: 160, pl.32; Huber 2010a: 321; 2015: chapter 5 on CD). complanata , Donax View in CoL – Deshayes, 1830b-EncyMeth: 98. Sherborn (1925: 1424) listed this as if it were a Deshayes species. However, Deshayes cited G. B. Sowerby I (1823), who in turn cited Montagu (1803), its original author. — Current status: synonym of Donax variegatus (Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL [ Tellina View in CoL ] ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

conradi , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 5, fig. 29, ex Deshayes ms; Deshayes, 1855c: 351. — Type locality: California; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1982017, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Donax culter Hanley, 1845 View in CoL ( Tomlin 1926; Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 667-668; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

dysoni View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 8, fig. 54, ex Deshayes ms; Deshayes, 1855c: 353. — Type locality: Indian Ocean; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 20170375, 1 syntype. Donax dysoni Reeve, 1854 View in CoL ( Qi 2004: 288, pl. 157, fig. G, as “Deshayes”). — Current status: synonym of Latona incarnatus (Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD; Signorelli & Printrakoon 2020: 14-17, fig. 4A-N [G-H is Reeve syntype]; Raven 2021: 83-84, pl. 6, figs 1-3, text-fig. 13; Moncada et al. 2022, Latona View in CoL as a separate clade).

granifera View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, ex Deshayes ms, 1854d: pl. 7, fig. 43. Loc unknown.Deshayes, 1855c: 353. — Type locality: Colombia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Donax asper Hanley, 1845 View in CoL ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 675; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

laevigata , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 5, fig. 31, ex Deshayes ms, non Gmelin, 1791; Deshayes, 1855c: 352. — Type locality: none given [North America]; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1981143, lectotype; 1981144, paralectotype; 1981145, paralectotype. — Current status: synonym of northeastern Pacific Donax gouldii Dall, 1921 View in CoL ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 677; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

lamarckii , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 5, fig. 27, ex Deshayes ms. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. Preoccupies the Paris Basin Donax lamarckii Deshayes, 1857 , which was replaced as D. parisiensis Deshayes, 1857 View in CoL . — Current status: synonym of the Caribbean Donax (Assimilidonax) striatus Linnaeus, 1767 View in CoL ( Huber 2015: 315, chapter 5 on CD).

nitida View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 6, fig. 34, ex Deshayes ms, non Lamarck, 1805; Deshayes, 1855c: 350. — Type locality: Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 1984020, 2 syntypes. Donax veruinus Hedley, 1913 View in CoL ( Hedley 1913: 274-275), replacement name. Donax nitidus Deshayes, 1855 View in CoL ( Oliver 1992: 160, pl. 32). — Current status: the South Pacific Donax veruinus ( Hedley, 1913) View in CoL ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD; Raven 2021: 93, pl. 8, figs 7-12, text-figs 3p, 18).

obesula View in CoL , Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 5, fig. 30, ex Deshayes ms; Deshayes, 1855c: 352. — Type locality: Peru, Central America; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 198218, lectotype; 198219, 3 paralectotypes. — Current status: Donax obesulus Reeve, 1854 View in CoL , ex Deshayes ms ( Huber 2010a: 314; Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 668; Valentich-Scott et al. 2020: 257).

petallina, Donax View in CoL – Reeve, 1854d: pl. 8, fig. 51, ex Deshayes ms; Deshayes, 1855c: 350, as Donax “ petalina ”. — Type locality: none given; Cuming coll. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: NHMUK 198221, lectotype, 3 paralectotypes. — Current status: synonym of the eastern Pacific Donax kindermanni (Philippi, 1847) View in CoL [ Amphichaena View in CoL ] ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 666; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

ventricosa , Iphigenia – S. P. Woodward, 1854: 314, ex Deshayes ms, with minimal description [“… is rayed like Galatea , and has its beaks eroded”]. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. G. B. Sowerby II (1868b: pl. 5, fig. 10), in synonymy with Galatea delessertii Bernardi, 1860 ; now Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860) . H. Adams & A. Adams (1856: 407) miscredited this species to “Phil.” [Philippi]. — Current status: if the Woodward (1854) name is considered available and synonymous, then ICZN Code Art. 23.9 might be invoked to conserve Bernardi’s (1860) taxon.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Cardiida

Family

Donacidae

Loc

DONACIDAE J. Fleming, 1828

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R. 2024
2024
Loc

obesula

Le Renard & Pacaud 1995
1995
Loc

tumidula

Glibert & Van de Poel 1967
1967
Loc

Egerella tumidula (Deshayes, 1857) (

Glibert & Van de Poel 1967
1967
Loc

Donax gouldii

Dall 1921
1921
Loc

Donax veruinus

Hedley 1913
1913
Loc

Paradonax

Cossmann 1910
1910
Loc

Liodonax

P. Fischer 1887
1887
Loc

acutata

Deshayes 1865
1865
Loc

conradi

Dana 1863
1863
Loc

interrupta

Pease 1860
1860
Loc

affinis

Deshayes 1858
1858
Loc

foucardi

Deshayes 1858
1858
Loc

complanata

Deshayes 1858
1858
Loc

laevigata

Deshayes 1858
1858
Loc

Cyrena acutangularis

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

Donax (Tembrockia) incertus

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

Donax (Latona) incertus

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

parisiensis

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

Donax (Latona) parisiensis

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

Donax (Latona) trigonulus

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

acutangula

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

Donax lamarckii

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

D. parisiensis

Deshayes 1857
1857
Loc

incerta

Deshayes 1855
1855
Loc

Donax rugosus interruptus

Deshayes 1855
1855
Loc

Donax vellicatus

Reeve 1855
1855
Loc

Donax clathratus “Deshayes, 1855

" Deshayes 1855
1855
Loc

Donax nitidus

Deshayes 1855
1855
Loc

Donax lamarckii

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax lamarckii

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax obesulus

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax acutiangula

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

dysoni

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax dysoni

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

lamarckii

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax obesulus

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax “ petalina

Reeve 1854
1854
Loc

Donax aeneus

Mörch 1853
1853
Loc

Donax (Chion) affinis

Deshayes 1850
1850
Loc

Donax (Donax) affinis

Deshayes 1850
1850
Loc

affinis

Deshayes 1850
1850
Loc

Donax (Latona) levesquei d’Orbigny, 1850

d'Orbigny 1850
1850
Loc

Donax culter

Hanley 1845
1845
Loc

Donax asper

Hanley 1845
1845
Loc

D. acutus

Deshayes 1844
1844
Loc

Malea

Valenciennes 1832
1832
Loc

nitida

Caillat 1831
1831
Loc

Donax (Latona) basterotinus

Deshayes 1825
1825
Loc

peruviana

Lamarck 1822
1822
Loc

Donax burdigalensis

Defrance 1819
1819
Loc

Donax elongata

Lamarck 1818
1818
Loc

striatella

Lamarck 1818
1818
Loc

Donax anatinum

Lamarck 1818
1818
Loc

Iphigenia

Schumacher 1817
1817
Loc

Donax (Latona) retusus

Lamarck 1806
1806
Loc

Donax (Assimilidonax) striatus

Linnaeus 1767
1767
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax (Serrula) trunculus

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Tellina

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Tellina

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Tellina

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
Loc

Donax

Linnaeus 1758
1758
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