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Publication Van Damme (1984): summary

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Van Damme, D. 1984. The Freshwater Mollusca of Northern Africa: Distribution, Biogeography and Palaeoecology, Developments in Hydrobiology (25). 164 pp.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Spathiella Van Damme, 1984

Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 64.
(error for Spathella Bourguignat, 1886)
Type species: Spatha petersi Martens, 1860 = Chambardia petersi

Attributed Nominal Species

Arthropteron aouassouloui Van Damme, 1984 = Chambardia rubens

‘Rochebrune’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
(error for Arthropteron ouassouloui Rochebrune, 1904)

Anodonta arcuata Martens, 1866 = Chambardia rubens

‘Cailliaud’ of Authors.
Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 11.
Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 265.
Servain, 1890. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 7: 316.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 899.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 87.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1336.
specimen image from publicationVan Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 68.
specimen image from publicationMandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 73.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 109.
(error for Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823)

Unio igli Van Damme, 1984 = Unio dembeae

‘Bourg.’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 53.
(error for Unio ilqi Bourguignat, 1885)

Unio cilicicus var. jenemertensis Van Damme, 1984 = Unio dembeae

Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 53.
(error for Unio cilicicus var. jenematensis de Angelis & Millosevic, 1900)

Spatha mabbillei Van Damme, 1984 = Aspatharia pangallensis

‘Jousseaumei’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 62.
(error for Spatha mabillei Jousseaume, 1886)

Unio martelli Haas, 1969 = Potomida littoralis

‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 276.
Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 85.
Graf & Cummings, 2011. Hydrobiologia 678: [3].
(error for Unio marteli Pallary, 1918)

Unio mauretanicus Van Damme, 1984 = Potomida littoralis

Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 59.
(error for Unio mauritanicus Bourguignat, 1868)

Unio parreyssia Van Damme, 1984 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Philippi’ Van Damme, 1984. Freshw. Moll. N. Africa (25): 57.
(error for Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848)

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