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Publication Pain & Woodward (1964): summary

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Pain, T. & F.R. Woodward. 1964. A monograph of the African bivalves of the genus Pleiodon Conrad (= Iridina authors) (Mollusca - Mutelidae) . Annales Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale 8: 1-33.

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Taxonomic Opinions

Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii (Woodward, 1859) = Pleiodon spekii
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Cameronia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia marioniana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Cameronia gigantea Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia admirabilis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia josseti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia gosseti Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Cameronia paradoxa Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia landeaui Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia complanata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia dromauxi Bourguignat, 1886
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Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) = Pleiodon ovatus
+ Iridina exotica Children, 1823
+ Arca rostrum Wood, 1828
+ Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834
+ Iridina valeus Jay, 1850
+ Platiris (Iridina) leaii Lea, 1852
+ Pleiodon splendens Conrad, 1854
+ Iridina splendida Chenu, 1858
+ Pliodon pachyodon Bourguignat, 1879

Pleiodon (s.s.) waterstoni Pain & Woodward, 1961 = Pleiodon ovatus