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Publication Leloup (1950): taxonomic opinions

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Leloup, E. 1950. Lamellibranches. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947) 3. 153 pp., 8 pls.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia (s.s.) sinuata (von Martens, 1883) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki (Ancey, 1894) = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spatha approximans Preston, 1910
+ Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens
+ Spatha wissmanni Martens, 1883
+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Anodonta chaiziana Rang, 1835
+ Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839
+ Anodonta splendens Cristofori & Jan, 1832
+ Spatha rochebrunei Jousseaume, 1886
+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835
+ Anodonta tawi Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha tristis Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Aspatharia chaiziana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia wissmanni

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Brazzaea bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea elongata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea eximia Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea newcombiana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea ventrosa Bourguignat, 1886

Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca f. calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio niloticus E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio boehmi Martens, 1897
+ Unio charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio dromauxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio gereti Preston, 1910
+ Unio randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897
+ Unio bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio guillemeti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio josseti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio lavigerianus Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio menardi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio moineti Bourguignat, 1886
5 more...

Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca f. calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) = Coelatura horei

Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913
+ Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Grandidieria anceyi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria bourguignati Bourguignat, 1888
+ Grandidieria callista Bourguignat, 1888
+ Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria granulosa Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885
17 more...

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Aetheria tanganikana Bourguignat, 1889

Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 = Pleiodon spekii
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Cameronia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Cameronia landeaui Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia vynckei Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia josseti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia marioniana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia admirabilis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia complanata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia dromauxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia gigantea Bourguignat, 1886
14 more...

Moncetia lavigeriana (Bourguignat, 1886) = Moncetia anceyi
+ Moncetia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia bourguignati Leloup, 1950
+ Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Spatha (Moncetia) lavigerina Simpson, 1900
+ Moncetia moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Spatha (Moncetia) monieti Simpson, 1900
+ Moncetia rochebruniana Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 = Mutela soleniformis
+ Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Mutela lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Mutela bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis forme moineti Bourguignat, 1886 = Mutela soleniformis
+ Mutela monceti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Mutela jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Mutela visseri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Mutela vysseri Bourguignat, 1886

Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881
+ Unio (Nodularia) caesariana Preston, 1913
+ Unio aferula Lea, 1864
+ Unio nyassanus [sic] var. hercules Preston, 1913
+ Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889
+ Unio kirkii Lea, 1864
+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889
+ Unio nyassensis Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio ujijiensis

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880)
+ Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883
+ Burtonia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia magnifica Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme bequaerti f. nov. = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme bourguignati (‘Joubert’ Bourguignat, 1886) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme livingstoniana (Bourguignat, 1883) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Burtonia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia elongata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia livingstoni Germain, 1905
+ Burtonia livingstonensis Simpson, 1900

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme subtriangularis (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Burtonia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1886

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme typica Leloup, 1950 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

 
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