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Publication Martens (1897): summary

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Martens, E.v. 1897. Beschalte Weichthiere Deutsch Ost Afrikas 4. 308 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio ambifarius Martens, 1897 = Coelatura ratidota

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 225, pl. 7, fig. 20.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_104896, Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam.

Unio boehmi Martens, 1897 = Coelatura horei

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 223, pl. 7, fig. 9 [as ‘böhmi’].
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE ZMB_35532, Karema, Tanganyikasee, Tanzania.

Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897 = Grandidieria burtoni

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 239.
(new name for Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0029, Tanganyika.

Spatha divaricata Martens, 1897 = Aspatharia divaricata

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 250, pl. 7, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_108821, Simin Fluss, Victoria Nyansa.

Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897 = Chambardia wahlbergi

‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217 [as ‘Spatha wahlbergi’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 247.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina wahlbergi Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_43380, Ihindi, Ugogo.

There are 24 available nominal species attributed to this publication (32 total).

Mutela nilotica var. emini Martens, 1897 = Mutela dubia

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 253.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823)
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108807, Kassenye, Albert Nyanza.

Unio emini Martens, 1897 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 224, pl. 7, fig. 14.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104895A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 106), Masanza (Messansa), Simin Fluss.

Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897 = Coelatura horei

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351 [as ‘U. niloticus Cailliaud’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 223, pl. 7, fig. 5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_32910A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 110), Tanganyikasee, Tanzania.

Aetheria elliptica Form-Varietät globosa Martens, 1897 = Etheria elliptica

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 218. [infra-subsp.]
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807)

Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897 = Coelatura hypsiprymna

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 230, pl. 7, fig. 1.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104808A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 113), Mbampa Bucht, Malawisee, Tanzania.

Spatha kirki var. liederi Martens, 1897 = Chambardia nyassaensis

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 245.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spathella kirki Ancey, 1894)

Unio liederi Martens, 1897 = Coelatura mossambicensis

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 226, pl. 7, fig. 19.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104813 (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97), Ulanga, oberes Rufidschi Gebiet, Tansania, Ruaha River.

Unio lechaptoisi var. minor Martens, 1897 = Coelatura mossambicensis

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 227.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_104816, Mbampa Bay.

Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860 = Coelatura mossambicensis

specimen image from publication ‘Peters’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 218, pl. 3, figs. 3-5.
‘Ptrs.’ Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 225, pl. 7, fig. 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_4654A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97), Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi.

Unio multicolor Martens, 1897 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 236, pl. 7, fig. 4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104855A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 106), Insel Sirwa, Viktoria Nyansa.

Unio ngesianus Martens, 1897 = Coelatura bakeri

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 234, pl. 7, fig. 7.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104891A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 103), Kissaka, NW Kuste Ngesi (Albert-Edward) See.

Sphaerium nyanzae Martens, 1897 = Sphaerium nyanzae

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 260, pl. 7, fig. 10.
(reference to Sphaerium nyanzae E.A. Smith, 1892)

Spatha petersi Martens, 1860 = Chambardia petersi

specimen image from publication Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 218, pl. 3, figs. 1-2.
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 251.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_4653, Zambeze, Tete Mosambik.

Corbicula radiata Martens, 1897 = Corbicula fluminalis

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 259.
(reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Unio rostralis Martens, 1897 = Grandidieria burtoni

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 238.
(homonym of Unio requieni var. rostralis de Joannis, 1859; new name for Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104830A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 108), Tanganyika, Kala.

Spatha rotundata Martens, 1897 = Chambardia bourguignati

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 242, text fig.

Spatha trapezia var. senilis Martens, 1897 = Chambardia trapezia

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 244, text fig.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897)
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_108817, Towalio, Buddu, Soweh, Uganda.

Mutela bourguignati var. smithi Martens, 1897 = Mutela bourguignati

‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(56): 128, pl. 12, fig. 16 [as ‘Mutela bourguignati’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108810, Mbugu, Victoria Nyansa.

Spatha wahlbergi var. spatuliformis Martens, 1897 = Chambardia bourguignati

‘Bgt.’ Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 248, pl. 7, fig. 18.
(error for Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889)

Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880 = Pleiodon spekii

‘Woodward’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
Sturany, 1894. Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle: 302.
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 256.
E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 102.
(error for Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-8, Lake Tanganyika.

Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 250, text fig.
Type(s): TYPE ZMB_108819, Buessa, Fluss Duki, l’Ituri.

Unio stuhlmanni Martens, 1897 = Coelatura stuhlmanni

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 231, pl. 7, fig. 13.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ZMB_104867A, Vitschumbi.

Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897 = Sphaerium stuhlmanni

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 261, pl. 7, fig. 8.

Unio (Grandidieria) burtoni var. sturanyi Martens, 1897 = Grandidieria burtoni

Sturany, 1894. Baumann, Durch Massailand: 6, pl. 24, fig. 31; pl. 25, fig. 35.
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 238.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859)
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_104842, Tanganyika bei Karema.

Spatha subaequilatera Martens, 1887 = Chambardia bourguignati

Martens, 1887. Conch. Mitth. 3: 18, pl. 41, figs. 8-9.
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 246, pl. 7, fig. 16.

Spatha trapezia Martens, 1897 = Chambardia trapezia

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 243, text fig.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE ZMB_108816, Bare, Buddu.

Mutela bourguignati var. truncata Martens, 1897 = Mutela bourguignati

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 255, pl. 7, fig. 17.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_108812, Buddu.

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