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nominal species Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859

Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 = Grandidieria burtoni

Woodward, 1859. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 349, pl. 47, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-9, Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 292.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 23.

= Grandidieria burtoni — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020: [5].

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — IUCN, 2010: [web].

= Grandidieria burtoni Woodward, 1859 — Bogan, 2010: [15].

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 309.

= Caelatura [sic] burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Slugina, 2006: 214.

= Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 108, pl. 2, figs. 15-23.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Graf, 2000: 15.

= Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998: 38.

= Caelatura [sic] burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 19, figs. 74-77.

= Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1969: 165.

= Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1969: N418, fig. D19:1.

= Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950: 53, figs. 25-33; pls. 2-3.

= Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1936: 77.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward) — Thiele, 1934: 818, [1248].

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward) — Bloomer, 1933: 237, figs. 1-7.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 395, text figs. 88a-c.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Simpson, 1914: 1052.

= Unio burtoni Woodward — E.A. Smith, 1906: 184.

= Unio burtoni Woodward — E.A. Smith, 1904: 101.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Simpson, 1900: 828.

= Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 — Martens, 1897: 237.

= Grandidieria burtoni Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889: 57.

= Unio (Limnium sec. Grandidieria) burtoni Woodward — Fischer, 1886: 1000.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Bourguignat, 1886: 21.

= Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward) — Bourguignat, 1885: 99, 93.

= Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 — Bourguignat, 1883: 18.

= Unio burtoni Woodward — E.A. Smith, 1881: 297, pl. 34, figs. 33-33b.

= Margaron (Unio) burtoni (Woodw.) — Lea, 1870: 31.

= Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 47, sp. 251.