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

Family DONACIDAE J. Fleming, 1828

acutata , Donax – 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 , Donax – 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 , of Basterot (1825: 84), non Lamarck, 1818. Donax (Chion) affinis Deshayes, 1850 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 79). — Current status: Donax (Donax) affinis Deshayes, 1850 ( Lesport et al. 2019: 42-43, pl. 16, figs 5-8.

affinis , Donax – 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 ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

auversiensis , Donax – 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 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78).

basterotina, Donax – 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 ( 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 , Donax – 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) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 77; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71).

incerta , Donax – 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 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 79). — Current status: Donax (Latona) incertus Deshayes, 1857 ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71; Pacaud 2008: 92).

interrupta , Donax – 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 ( 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 , Donax – Deshayes, 1830b-EncyMeth: 98. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: not found. — Current status: probable synonym of Latona cuneata (Linnaeus, 1758) ( 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 considered a separate clade ( Moncada et al. 2022: 995).

parisiensis , Donax – 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 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71).

peruviana , Donax – 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 , ex Deshayes ms ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 668; Valentich-Scott et al. 2020: 257).

psammobialis , Iphigenia –Deshayes, 1855c: 346-347– Type locality: none given [clarified as being Malea , 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 , Donax –Deshayes,1855c: 352-353.Not preoccupied by Donax striatella ( Brocchi, 1814) [ Tellina ], which Nyst (1845) placed in Donax 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 (June) ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD, but with synonymy reversed).

transversus, Donax –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 , 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 (Cuneus) transversus Deshayes, 1830 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 81). — Current status: synonym of Donax burdigalensis Defrance, 1819 , obviating the need for a replacement name ( Lesport et al 2019: 43).

trigonula , Donax –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 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1967: 78; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 71).

triradiata, Donax – 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 ] ( Huber 2010a: 319, 691; 2015: chapter 5 on CD) from the Philippine Islands ( Moncada et al. 2022: 995, with Latona as a separate clade).

tumidula , Donax –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 (Pacaud 2007: 62).

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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 , Donax – 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 – 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 , Donax – 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 ” ( Oliver 1992: 160, pl.32; Huber 2010a: 321; 2015: chapter 5 on CD). complanata , Donax – 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) [ Tellina ] ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

conradi , Donax – 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 ( Tomlin 1926; Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 667-668; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

dysoni , Donax – 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 ( Qi 2004: 288, pl. 157, fig. G, as “Deshayes”). — Current status: synonym of Latona incarnatus (Gmelin, 1791) ( 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 as a separate clade).

granifera , Donax – 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 ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 675; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

laevigata , Donax – 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 ( Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 677; Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

lamarckii , Donax – 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 . — Current status: synonym of the Caribbean Donax (Assimilidonax) striatus Linnaeus, 1767 ( Huber 2015: 315, chapter 5 on CD).

nitida , Donax – 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 ( Hedley 1913: 274-275), replacement name. Donax nitidus Deshayes, 1855 ( Oliver 1992: 160, pl. 32). — Current status: the South Pacific Donax veruinus ( Hedley, 1913) ( Huber 2015: chapter 5 on CD; Raven 2021: 93, pl. 8, figs 7-12, text-figs 3p, 18).

obesula , Donax – 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 , ex Deshayes ms ( Huber 2010a: 314; Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012: 668; Valentich-Scott et al. 2020: 257).

petallina, Donax – 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) [ Amphichaena ] ( 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.