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Publication Bourguignat (1889): summary

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Full Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1889. Mollusques de l’Afrique Équatoriale de Moguedouchou a Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 229 pp., 8 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3 [nomen nudum].
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 486.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 47, pl. 21.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 191.
Type species: Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Spathella Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 195.
(homonym of J. Hall, 1885 [Modiomorphidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838; renamed Leptospatha Rochebrune & Germain, 1904)
Type species: Spatha petersi Martens, 1860 (sub. desig. by Bourguignat, 1889: 195, footnote) = Chambardia petersi

Attributed Nominal Species

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Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula ægyptiaca’]. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 15(7): 582, fig. 17b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): TYPES MNHN_MP_3498, Egypte / Kyngani.

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Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889 = Chambardia bourguignati

Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 198, pl. 8, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0177, Makata, affluent superior du Vouami (Ousaghara).

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Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886 = Chambardia bourguignati

‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 12.
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 197, pl. 8, fig. 1-2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0169, Côte meridionale de l’Oukerewe.

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Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1889 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_3510, Kyngani.

Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889 = Chambardia nyassaensis

Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 39.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 196.
(new name for Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

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Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889 = Chambardia bourguignati

Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 199, pl. 8, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0305, Cours du Magogo, a Ounyangouira (Ougogo).

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Corbicula subtruncata Germain, 1906 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula subtruncatula’]. [nomen nudum]
“Bourguignat” Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 582, fig. 17c.
(correct name for Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3544, fleuve Kingani.

Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190. [nomen nudum]
(incorrect original spelling of Corbicula subtruncata Germain, 1906)

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Pharaonia bellamyi (Jousseaume) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Pharaonia bourguignati (de Rochebrune) = Coelatura disciformis

Pharaonia essoensis (Chaper) = Coelatura essoensis

Pharaonia juliani (Rang) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Spathella adansoni Jousseaume = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat = Chambardia bourguignati

Spathella bourguignati Ancey, in litt. = Chambardia bourguignati

Spathella nyassana Bourguignat = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864

Spathella petersi Bourguignat = Chambardia petersi

Spathella pfeifferiana Bourguignat = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Spathella protchei Rochebrune = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Spathella sinuata Bourguignat = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat = Chambardia bourguignati

Spathella wahlbergi Bourguignat = Chambardia wahlbergi

Unio billottianus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota

Unio dumesnilianus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota

Unio euphymus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota

Unio ledoulxianus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota

Unio mossambicensis Peters mss, in Martens = Coelatura mossambicensis

Unio ratidotus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota

 
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