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Publication Rochebrune (1886): summary

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Rochebrune, A.T. de. 1886. Sur quelques lamellibranches nouveaux provenant du Congo & de ses tributaries. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 3: 1-14, pl. 1. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 3.
(homonym of A. Adams, 1850 [Gastro.]; renamed Chelidonopsis Ancey, 1887)
Type species: Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 (orig. desig.) = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Zairia Rochebrune, 1886

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 10.
Type species: Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura gabonensis

Attributed Nominal Species

Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura gabonensis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 11.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0306, Gancini (Congo).

Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886 = Chelidonopsis hirundo

specimen image from publication Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 4, pl. 1, figs.1-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0166, Gancini, Congo.

Aetheria bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886 = Etheria elliptica

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 14.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0171, Gancini (Congo).

Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura disciformis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 13.
(homonym of Unio bourguignati Landrin, 1864)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_1547, Gancini (Congo).

Spatha corneola Rochebrune, 1886 = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 9.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0204, Mokoka (Congo).

There are 16 available nominal species attributed to this publication (16 total).

Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura disciformis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 10.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0042, Mokoka (Congo).

Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura gabonensis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 12.
(renamed Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907)
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0054, Gancini (Congo).

Spatha ganciniensis Rochebrune, 1886 = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 9.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0228, Gancini (Congo).

Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886 = Mutela legumen

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 6.
(renamed Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_5701, Gancini (Congo).

Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886 = Mutela mabilli

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 7.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_5700, Gancini (Congo).

Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886 = Mutela mabilli

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 8.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_5698, Gancini (Congo).

Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura gabonensis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0088, Gancini (Congo).

Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886 = Mutela rostrata

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 7.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_5699, Gancini (Congo).

Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0290, Mokoka, Congo.

Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura gabonensis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 12.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0100, Gancini (Congo).

Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886 = Mutela legumen

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 6.
(renamed Mutelina rostrata mode incurvata Germain, 1907)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_5702, Gancini (Congo).

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria bourguignati = Etheria elliptica

Chelidonura arietina = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Chelidonura hirundo (von Martens) = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Mutelina legumen = Mutela legumen

Mutelina mabilli = Mutela mabilli

Mutelina paludicola = Mutela mabilli

Mutelina prasina = Mutela rostrata

Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886 = Mutela legumen

Pharaonia bourguignati = Coelatura disciformis

Spatha corneola = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Spatha ganciniensis = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Zairia araneosa = Coelatura gabonensis

Zairia disciformis = Coelatura disciformis

Zairia elegans = Coelatura gabonensis

Zairia poirieri = Coelatura gabonensis

Zairia sordida = Coelatura gabonensis

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