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Publication Bourguignat (1883): summary

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Bourguignat, J.R. 1883. Mollusques Fluviatiles du Nyanza Oukéréwé (Victoria-Nyanza), suivis d’une note sur les genres Cameronia et Burtonia du Tanganika.. 23 pp., 1 pl. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Burtonia Bourguignat, 1883

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 20.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 32.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 37.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 53.
(homonym of Bonaparte, 1850 [Aves]; renamed Pseudospatha Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880 (orig. desig.) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Cameronia Bourguignat, 1879

Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 42.
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 19.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 106.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 26.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Type species: Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Pleiodon spekii

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio duponti Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 8, figs. 10-12.
(homonym of Unio duponti Rochebrune, 1881; renamed Unio postumus Rochebrune, 1904)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0064, Nyanza.

Unio edwardsianus Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 12, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0018, Nyanza.

Unio grandidieri Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 7, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0026, Nyanza.

Unio grantianus Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MNHN_MP_0028, Nyanza.

Unio hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 5, figs. 1-3 [as ‘hauttecœuri’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0130, Nyanza Oukéréwe (Victoria Nyanza).

There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).

Unio jickelii Bourguignat, 1883 = Unio dembeae

Bourguignat, 1883. Hist. Malac. Abyssinie: 135.
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 17.

Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: pl. 31, fig. 8a [as ‘Spatha tanganyicensis’]. [in part]
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296, pl. 34, fig. 32 [as ‘Spatha tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 23.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 38.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 32.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 59.

Unio monceti Bourguignat, 1883 = Nitia monceti

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 15, figs. 13-15.

Unio ruellani Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 10, figs. 16-18.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0095, Nyanza.

Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1886 = Mutela bourguignati

Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 5, 17. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 12.
‘Bourguignat’ Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 83.

Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350, pl. 31, fig. 8 [as ‘Spatha tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 20, footnote.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 38.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 32.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 59.
(new name for Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883 = Grandidieria burtoni

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351 [as ‘Unio tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 18.
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 102 [as ‘Grandidieria tanganikana’].
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22 [as ‘Grandidieria tanganikana’].
(new name for Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Unio ujijiensis Bourguignat, 1883 = Nyassunio ujijiensis

‘Crosse’ Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 18.
(reference to Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)

Taxonomic Opinions

Burtonia tanganikana = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Cameronia spekei [sic] (Woodward, 1859) = Pleiodon spekii

Unio abyssinicus

Unio acuminatus Adams, 1866 = Nitia acuminata

Unio æneus = Unio dembeae

Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio dembeæ = Unio dembeae

Unio duponti = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio edwardsianus = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio grandidieri = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio grantianus = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio hauttecœuri = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio horei Smith, 1880 = Coelatura horei

Unio jickelii = Unio dembeae

Unio monceti = Nitia monceti

Unio ruellani = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Unio thomsoni Smith, 1880 = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio ujijiensis Crosse, 1881 = Nyassunio ujijiensis
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

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