PTERIIDAE J. E. Gray, 1847

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 708-709

Family PTERIIDAE J. E. Gray, 1847 [1820]

Anomia –Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 51, ex Oken ms, non Linnaeus, 1758. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Anonica Oken, 1815 , a name published in an unavailable work (ICZN Opinion 417, 1956a).

aizyensis , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 81, pl. 77, figs 12-14; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 43. — Type localities: Aizy-Jouy & Châlons-sur-Vesle. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). Species not present in Aizy-Jouy (Pacaud herein). — Current status: Aviculoperna aizyensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 6; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Leroy et al. 2014: 27, pl. 8, figs 7-8).

brevicauda , Avicula – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 101-102; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 102-103; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 41. — Type locality: Red Sea. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817) [ Avicula ] ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

calvimontana , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 81, pl. 77, figs 1-3; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 46. — Type locality: Chaumont-en-Vexin.— Type age:Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Aviculoperna calvimontana (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 6; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Pacaud 2008: 82).

dixoni , Avicula – Deshayes, 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 44-45, citing “pl. 67, figs 9-11” [error for pl. 77], Perna ornata on the plate. — Type locality: Aizy-Jouy. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian) (Teppner, 1914: 4). — Current status: synonym of Aviculoperna levesquei (d’Orbigny, 1850) [ Avicula ] ( Chelot 1885: 199; Pacaud 2007: 55).

faujasi , Avicula – Deshayes, 1836-HistNatAnim2: 104; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 42. — Type locality: Maastricht, Netherlands ; Ciply, Belgium. — Type age: Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). — Current status: taxon inquirendum .

ornata , Perna – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 81, pl. 77, figs 9-11 [not in text]. — Type locality: presumably Paris Bassin. — Type age: Paleogene. — Current status: synonym of Aviculoperna levesquei (d’Orbigny, 1850) [ Avicula ] ( Chelot 1885: 199).

radiata , Avicula – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 102, non Leach, 1814. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent? Both preoccupy Avicula radiata Phillips, 1836 , which was renamed Avicula nystiana de Koninck, 1842 . — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

savignyi , Avicula –Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 100-101;1836-HistNatAnim2: 102; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 41. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of the Red Sea Pteria aegyptiaca (Dillwyn, 1817) [ Avicula ] ( Huber 2010a: 168; 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

squamosa , Avicula – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 102. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: not stated. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

stampinensis , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 82, pl. 78, figs 1-4; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 47-48. — Type localities: Etréchy, Jeurre, Morigny-Champigny, Ormoy-la-Rivière. — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). Weinheim, Kaufange ( Germany). — Current status: Pteria stampinensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 8; Lozouet & Maestrati 2012a: 246, 249, fig. 157: 12-13).

vespertilio, Avicula –Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 99; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 102; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 41; 1863: 29. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: nomen dubium ( Fischer-Piette 1983: 125-126) .

wateleti , Perna – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 81, pl. 77, figs 6-8; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 45, as Avicula . — Type localities: Aizy-Jouy & Coeuvres-et-Valsery. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Type material: MNHN.F.A27172, syntype. — Current status: Aviculoperna wateleti (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 7; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83).