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Publication Sturany (1894): summary

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Sturany, R. 1894. Ueber die Molluskenfauna Centralafrikas. [in] Baumann, Durch Massailand zur Nilquelle, Reisen und Forschungen der Massai-Expedition des deutchen Antisklaverei-Komite in den Jahren 1891-1893: 297-322. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria elliptica Lam. = Etheria elliptica

Cameronia admirabilis Bourg. = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia spekei (Woodw.) Bourg. = Pleiodon spekii
+ Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859

Corbicula pusilla Phil. = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula jickeli Clessin, 1879
+ Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848

Corbicula pusilla Phil. = Corbicula africana

Corbicula radiata Phil. = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848

Corbicula radiata Phil. = Corbicula africana

Grandidieria insignis Ancey = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rotundata Bourg. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria smithi Bourg. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria tanganikana Bourg. = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Spatha baumanni n. sp. = Chambardia bourguignati

Spatha martensi n. sp. = Chambardia bourguignati

Unio edwardsianus Bourg. = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio hauttecoeuri Bourg. = Coelatura hauttecoeuri