MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885

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nominal species Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 96.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0127, Mpala, 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 mira Bourguignat, 1885 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885 — Simpson, 1914

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

= Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885 — Simpson, 1900

= Grandidieria mira Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1886

= Grandidieria mira spec. nov. — Bourguignat, 1885

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