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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
nominal species Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883
Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350, pl. 31, fig. 8 [as ‘Spatha tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 20, footnote.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 38.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 32.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 59.
(new name for Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Daget, 1998: 82.
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pain & Woodward, 1968: 213.
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Leloup, 1950: 111.
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 444.
+ Burtonia tanganyicensis (Smith) — E.A. Smith, 1904: 102.
= Burtonia tanganikana Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889: 60.
= Burtonia tanganikana — Bourguignat, 1888: 59.
= Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883 — Bourguignat, 1886: 32.
= Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883 — Bourguignat, 1886: 38.
= Burtonia tanganikana — Bourguignat, 1883: 20.
