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genus Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886: synonymy

Synonymy

Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 32 [as ‘Brazzæa’].
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 61.
Type species: Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 (monotypy) = Brazzaea anceyi

Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 188.
(error for Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 = Brazzaea anceyi

Germain, 1909. Arch. Zool. exp. gén. 1: 51, 54, 57.
(error for Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 = Brazzaea anceyi

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Brazzaea, since 1900.

Brazzaea — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1906), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Bloomer (1931), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Brazzæa — E.A. Smith (1904)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Brazzaea) — Haas (1969)

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