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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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

nominal species Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 100.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 10-12.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0020, Tanganyika.

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ 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 thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Simpson, 1914

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

+ Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Simpson, 1900

= Grandidieria corbicula Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888

= Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1886

= Grandidieria corbicula sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1885
 
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