VULSELLIDAE J. E. Gray, 1854

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 710

Family VULSELLIDAE J. E. Gray, 1854

angusta , Vulsella – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 76, pl. 76, figs 13-15; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 52. — Type localities: Parnes, Mouchy-le-Châtel, Chaussy, Chaumont-en-Vexin & Thiverval-Grignon. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Vulsella angusta Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 4; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Pacaud 2008: 82).

anomala , Vulsella – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 76, pl. 76, figs 19-20; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 52. — Type locality: Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Vulsella anomala (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Pacaud 2008: 82).

defrancei , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 76, pl. 76, figs 23-24; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 46-47. — Type localities: La Chapelle-en-Serval, Mortefontaine, Les Craquelots, Saint-Sulpice, Ducy, Montjavoult & Crépy-en-Vallois Eocene (Bartonian). Hautteville-Bocage. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). In the latter locality, the species present is more likely Electroma fragilis Defrance, 1816 (Pacaud herein). Pteria (Electroma) defrancei (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 7; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83). — Current status: given the recent restructuring of the Pterioidea by Tëmkin (2010), now Electroma defrancei (Deshayes, 1858) .

herouvallensis , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 81, pl. 77, figs 18-20; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 42-43, as A. horouvalensis , subsequent incorrect spelling. — Type localities: Hérouval & Laon. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). Pteria (Electroma) herouvallensis (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 7; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83, both as P. (E.) “ herouvalensis ”). — Current status: given the recent restructuring of the Pterioidea by Tëmkin (2010), now Electroma herouvallensis (Deshayes, 1858) .

hornesi , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 81, pl. 77, figs 4-5; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 41-42. — Type localities: Parnes & Fleury-la-Rivière. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Pteria (Electroma) hornesi (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 7; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Pacaud 2008: 82). — Current status: given the recent restructuring of the Pterioidea by Tëmkin (2010), now Electroma hornesi (Deshayes, 1858) .

lingulata , Avicula – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 104; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 103; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 42. — Type locality: none given. — Type locality: Indian Ocean? Presumably not to be confused with Vulsella lingulata Lamarck, 1819 , a synonym of Vulsella vulsella (Linnaeus, 1758) [ Mya ]. — Current status: nomen dubium .

livida , Avicula – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 103-104; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 103; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 42. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of the Indo-Pacific Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817) [ Mytilus ] ( Huber 2010a: 172; 2015: chapter 5 on CD).

microptera , Avicula – Deshayes, 1830-DescrCoqFoss: 290, 22, pl. 43, figs 18-20; 1836-HistNatAnim2: 104; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 42; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 43-44. — Type locality: Chaumont-en-Vexin. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Pteria (Electroma) microptera (Deshayes, 1858) ( Glibert & Van de Poel, 1965b: 8; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Pacaud 2008: 82). — Current status: given the recent restructuring of the Pterioidea byTëmkin (2010), now Electroma microptera (Deshayes, 1830) .

minima , Vulsella – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 76, pl. 76, figs 16-18; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 53. — Type localities: Auvers-sur-Oise & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Current status: Vulsella minima Deshayes, 1858 ( Glibert & Van de Poel 1965b: 4; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83).

transversa , Avicula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 76, pl. 76, figs 21–22;1861-DescrCoqFoss: 42. — Type locality: Coincourt. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Pteria (Electroma) transversa (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 83; Pacaud 2008: 82). — Current status: given the recent restructuring of the Pterioidea by Tëmkin (2010), now Electroma transversa (Deshayes, 1858) .