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Publication Ancey (1894): summary

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Ancey, C.F. 1894. Resultat des researches malacologiques de Mgr Lechaptois sur les bords du lac Nyassa et de la riviere Shiré. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 7: 217-234. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894 = Chambardia wahlbergi

‘Bourguignat’ Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 231, fig. 7.
(renamed Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.

Spathella kirki Ancey, 1894 = Chambardia nyassaensis

Ancey, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 7: 229, figs. 4-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MRAC_57520, Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa.

Taxonomic Opinions

Mutela alata (Lea, 1864)

Mutela simpsoni Ancey, 1894 = Mutela alata

Spathella kirki Ancey = Chambardia nyassaensis

Spathella nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889

Unio aferulus Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio Borellii Ancey, n. sp. = Coelatura mossambicensis

Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Unio kirkii Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894 = Coelatura mossambicensis

Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis