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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Grandidieria burtoni

nominal species Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885

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Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7, pl. 1, figs. 1-6.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 11-16.
(renamed Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0029, Tanganyika.

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — IUCN, 2010

+ Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1969

+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950

+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1936

= Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio gravida Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904

= Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio rostralis var. brevior n. — Martens, 1897

= Grandidieria gravida Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888

= Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1886

= Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1885

 
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