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Publication Bourguignat (1889): summary

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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. Hist. Nat. 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. Hist. Nat. 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)

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