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Publication E.A. Smith (1904): summary

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Smith, E.A. 1904. Presidential address: Some remarks on the Mollusca of Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6(2): 77-104. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880 = Mutela soleniformis

‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 292.
E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 101.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948. Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)

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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.

Burtonia tanganyikana E.A. Smith, 1904 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

‘Bourguignat’ E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 102.
(error for Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883)

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