Publication Bourguignat (1889): summary

Full Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1889. Mélanidées du Lac Nyassa suivies d’un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand Lac Tanganika. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 6: 1-66. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula astartinella Germain, 1906 = Corbicula astartina

Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38. [nomen nudum]
‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 584.

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Corbicula giraudi Germain, 1906 = Corbicula astartina

Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 584.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3530, Karunga.

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Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

‘Lea’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 34b. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1880-12-20-130, Lake Nyassa.

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)

Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889 = Corbicula africana

‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718.
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 37.

Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38.
(new name for Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

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.

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Unio vynckei Bourguignat, 1886 = Coelatura horei

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 8, 18 [as ‘vinckei’].
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 45.
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 60.
(correct name for Unio vinckei Bourguignat, 1886)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0190, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Unio vysseri Bourguignat, 1886 = Coelatura horei

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 8, 21 [as ‘visseri’].
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 45.
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 60.
(correct name for Unio visseri Bourguignat, 1886)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aetheria tanganikana Bourg. = Etheria elliptica

+ Aetheria elliptica E.A. Smith, 1880

Brazzæa anceyi Bourg. = Brazzaea anceyi

Brazzæa bourguignati Joubert, in Bourg. = Brazzaea anceyi

Brazzæa bridouxi Bourg. = Brazzaea anceyi

Brazzæa charbonnieri Bourg. = Brazzaea anceyi

There are 126 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Corbicula astartinella Bourg., 1888, Spec. nov. = Corbicula astartina

Corbicula giraudi Bourg., 1888, Spec. nov. = Corbicula astartina

Mutela soleniformis Bourg.

+ Iridina exotica ‘Lamarck’ of Authors

Unio hermosus Bourg., 1888, Sp. nov. = Nyassunio nyassaensis

+ Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881