VALVULINIDAE Berthelin, 1880

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 808-809

Family VALVULINIDAE Berthelin, 1880

corrugata , Clavulina –Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 242; 1833a: pl. 4, figs 12-14 [not in table]. — Type localities: Parnes & Mouchy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: regarded as nomen oblitum under ICZN Code Art. 23.9 in favor of Gyrovalvulina columnatortilis (d’Orbigny, in Guérin-Méneville, 1832) [ Valvulina ] (WFD).

irregularis , Clavulina – Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 242. — Type locality: Grignon. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Preoccupies Clavulina irregularis Roemer, 1838 , and C. irregularis Costa, 1856. — Current status: Clavulina irregularis Deshayes, 1830 (WFD).

parisiensis , Clavulina –Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 242, ex d’Orbigny ms. — Type localities: Mouchy-le-Châtel & Parnes. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Nomen nudum in d’Orbigny (1826: 268). — Current status: Clavulina parisiensis Deshayes, 1830 (WFD).

Phylum CNIDARIA Hatschek, 1888

Family names given for each species.

brevis , Turbinolia –Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834: pl. 13, figs 1-3. — Type locality: Alpes, France. —Type age:Eocene (Priabonian).— Type material: MNHN.F.J08000, neotype. — Current status: synonym of Trochocyathus irregularis (Deshayes, 1834) ( Milne-Edwards 1857: 45) [ Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 ].

brevissima, Astrea – Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834: pl. 13, figs 13- 14. — Type locality: Alpes, France. — Type age: Eocene (Priabonian). Rhizangia brevissima (Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834), the type species (monotypy) of Rhizangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 ( Milne-Edwards 1857: 611-612) [ Merulinidae Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857 ]. The generic name was misspelled by Deshayes in the caption as “ Astraea ”. Löser (2012: 8) stated that the type specimen of A. brevissima “Deshayes, 1820 ” [sic, 1834] is lost and that the neotype established by Barta-Calmus (1973) is not available at the former Sorbonne collection in Paris (now at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris). Baron-Szabo & Cairns (2016: 1) stated that this neotype would be invalid according to ICZN [Code] Article 75.3”. However, Barta-Calmus (1973) is an unpublished Ph.D. thesis and hence not an available publication for purposes of designating a neotype or any other nomenclatural act (ICZN Code Articles 7, 8), so that Article 75.3 does not apply (P. Bouchet & G. Rosenberg, pers. comm., August 4, 2020). — Current status: Rhizangia brevissima (Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834) ( Löser et al. 2021: 266-269, figs 9.1-9.4).

geometrica, Astrea – Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834: pl. 13, figs 10- 12, non Goldfuss, 1826. — Type locality: Alpes, France. — Type age: Eocene (Priabonian). Generic name misspelled in caption as “ Astraea ”. — Current status: synonym of Astrocoenia numisma (Defrance, 1826) [ Astrea ] ( Milne-Edwards, 1857: 260) [ Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890 ].

irregularis , Turbinolia – Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834: pl. 13, fig. 5. — Type locality: Alpes, France. — Type age: Eocene (Priabonian). — Current status: Trochocyathus irregularis (Deshayes, 1834) ( Milne-Edwards 1857: 45) [ Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 ].

parasiticus , Anthozoanthus – Deshayes in Frédol, 1865: 91, pl. 4. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. Sherborn (1929: 4756) listed this as “Deshayes in Expl. Algér. (Moll.), Expl. Planches, p. 3”, but it was not published in that work. Concerning: H. J. Carter (1870). — Current status: an octocoral, synonym of Alcyonium coralloides (Pallas, 1766) [Gorgonia] (C. McFadden, pers. comm., March 24, 2020) [ Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 ].

pediculata, Astrea – Deshayes, 1831b: 256, as “ Astraea ”, 261, as Astrea , pl. 11, fig. 5. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Eocene (Priabonian). Phyllocoenia pediculata (Deshayes, 1831) ( Milne-Edwards 1857: 275-276) . Heliastraea pediculata (Deshayes, 1831) ( Oppenheim 1930: 320) . — Current status: Phyllocoenia pediculata (Deshayes, 1831) ( Löser 2002: 514-515) [ Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 ].

tenuistriata , Turbinolia – Deshayes in Ladoucette, 1834: pl. 13, figs 4-6. — Type locality: Alpes, France. — Type age: Eocene (Priabonian). — Current status: synonym of Trochocyathus irregularis (Deshayes, 1834) ( Milne-Edwards 1857: 45) [ Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 ].

Phylum ECHINODERMATA Klein, 1778

Family names are given for each species.

acutus , Spatangus – Deshayes, 1831b: 255, pl. 11, figs 5-6. — Type locality: Rouen; Upper Cretaceous. — Type species (SD Lambert, 1895) of Epiaster d’Orbigny, 1853 . Stokes (2015) discussed the confusion in the 20th- century literature with multiple type species designations and determined that Lambert (1895) was the first to make this designation. — Current status: synonym of Epiaster crassissimus Defrance, 1827 [ Spatangus ] (A. B. Smith & Wright 2008) [ Micrasteridae Lambert, 1920 ].

ambulacrum , Spatangus – Deshayes, 1831b: 255, 260, pl. 7, fig. 4. — Type locality: Pyrenees. — Type age: Oligocene (Stampian). — Type species (OD) of Brachybrissmus Pomel, 1883, now considered to be a synonym of Schizaster Agassiz, 1836 [ Schizasteridae Lambert, 1905 ] ( Lambert & Thiery 1924: 527). — Current status: Schizaster ambulacrum (Deshayes, 1831) .

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Agassiz & Desor (1846, 1847a, 1847b) described a number of fossil echinoderms, including some from Algeria, which they attributed to Deshayes. Although the “Géologie” volume of the Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie includes a title page listing a chapter by Deshayes, this chapter was never published. One of us (Kabat) has seen (in a private collection) several hand-colored plates of fossil echinoids from Algeria, including some of these new species, evidently prepared for the Deshayes chapter. It is likely that Agassiz and Desor saw the Deshayes specimens and/or the illustrations, which they used in publishing their descriptions of the Algerian fossils first identified by Deshayes. While these names are credited to Deshayes, the brief descriptions have no indication that Deshayes was involved in their preparation. The material seems to be from collections made by Deshayes in Algeria. Although some subsequent authors (e.g., Cotteau et al. 1881: 58, 88; Lambert & Thiéry 1924: 280, 411, 501) attributed these species to Deshayes, they should be attributed solely to “Agassiz & Desor.”

africanus , Hemipneustes – Agassiz & Desor, 1847b: 31, ex Deshayes ms. — Current status: Hemipneustes africanus Agassiz & Desor, 1847 [ Hemipneustidae Lambert, 1917 ].

costulatus , Nucleolites – Agassiz & Desor, 1847a: 155, ex Deshayes ms. The material seems to be in part from collections made by Deshayes in Algeria [ Nucleolitidae ].

delamarrei , Cyphosoma – Agassiz & Desor, 1846: 352, ex Deshayes ms. — Type species (SD Lambert & Thiéry 1911) of Rachiosoma Pomel, 1883 . — Current status: Rachiosoma delamarrei ( Agassiz & Desor, 1846) (A. B. Smith & Wright 1996: 290, text-fig. 101) [ Glyphocyphidae Duncan, 1889 ].

fourneli , Hemiaster – Agassiz & Desor, 1847b: 17-18, ex Deshayes ms. — Type species (OD) of Mecaster Pomel, 1883 . — Current status: Mecaster fourneli (Agassiz & Desor, 1847) (A. B. Smith, in A. B. Smith & Bengtson 1991: 61-62) [ Hemiasteridae H. L. Clark, 1917 ].

renouxii, Micraster – Agassiz & Desor, 1847b: 23, ex Deshayes ms. The material seems to be from collections made by Deshayes in Algeria [ Micrasteridae Lambert, 1920 ].

rostratus , Holaster – Agassiz, 1840: 1, ex Deshayes ms. Nomen nudum [ Holasteridae Pictet, 1857 ].

roulini, Holaster – Agassiz, 1840: 1, ex Deshayes ms. Nomen nudum [ Holasteridae Pictet, 1857 ].

serialis , Holectypus – Agassiz & Desor, 1847a: 146, ex Deshayes ms. Indeed, the text, which contains no diagnosis or description, could be interpreted as establishing a nomen nudum. The material seems to be from collections made by Deshayes in Algeria. — Current status: Coenoholectypus serialis (Agassiz & Desor, 1847) ( Rose & Olver 1985: 84) [ Holectypidae Lambert, 1900 ].

Phylum BRACHIOPODA Duméril, 1805

Megarima – Deshayes, 1832-EncyMeth: 421. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Megorima Rafinesque, 1818, a genus of uncertain status.