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Publication E.A. Smith (1880): summary

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Full Citation

Smith, E.A. 1880. On the shells of Lake Tanganyika and the neighborhood of Ujiji, Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 344-352, 1 pl. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Aetheria elliptica E.A. Smith, 1880 = Etheria elliptica

‘Lamarck’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 352.
(reference to Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807)

Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880 = Mutela soleniformis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 292.
E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 101.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948. Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)

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.

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 niloticus E.A. Smith, 1880 = Coelatura horei

‘Cailliaud’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351.
‘Caulliaud’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
(misidentified reference to Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827)

There are 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (12 total).

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.

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)

Aetheria tanganikana Bourguignat, 1889 = Etheria elliptica

‘Lamarck’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 352 [as ‘Aetheria elliptica’].
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 65.

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)

Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350, pl. 31, fig. 8-8a.
(renamed Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-3-5-48, Lake Tanganyika.

Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880 = Grandidieria burtoni

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351, pl. 31, figs. 9-9a.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 298, pl. 34, fig. 35.
(renamed Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_80-3-5-39, Lake Tanganyika.

Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: pl. 31, fig. 8a. [in part]
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296, pl. 34, fig. 32.
(reference to Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Taxonomic Opinions

Ætheria elliptica Lamarck = Etheria elliptica

Mutela exotica Lamarck = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823

Pleiodon spekei [sic] Woodward = Pleiodon spekii

Spatha alata Lea = Mutela alata

Spatha tanganyicensis = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Diplodon granosus
+ Unio niloticus Küster, 1856
+ Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Unio caffer

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio tanganyicensis = Grandidieria burtoni

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