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Publication E.A. Smith (1881): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1881. On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 276-300. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: pl. 31, fig. 8a [as ‘Spatha tanganyicensis’]. [in part]
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296, pl. 34, fig. 32 [as ‘Spatha tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 23.
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.

Cyrena radiata E.A. Smith, 1881
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: ??.
(reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33 [as ‘Unio burtoni’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 6.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-21, Lake Tanganyika.

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33a [as ‘Unio burtoni’].
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-31, Lake Tanganyika.

Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880
‘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)

Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
‘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.

Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: pl. 31, fig. 8a. [in part]
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296, pl. 34, fig. 32.
(reference to Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33a. [in part]
(reference to Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859)

Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33b. [in part]
(reference to Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859)

Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33. [in part]
(reference to Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859)

Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889
‘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.

Unio horei E.A. Smith, 1880
E.A. Smith, 1880. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 429.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 299, pl. 34, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-42, Lake Tanganyika.

Unio niloticus E.A. Smith, 1880
‘Cailliaud’ E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351.
‘Caulliaud’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
(misidentified reference to Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827)

Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881
‘Lea’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 34b. [in part]
(reference to Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351, pl. 31, figs. 9-9a.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 298, pl. 34, fig. 35.
(renamed Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_80-3-5-39, Lake Tanganyika.

Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
E.A. Smith, 1880. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 430.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 229, pl. 34, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-36, Lake Tanganyika.

Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 298, pl. 34, fig. 34a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864; homonym of Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880; renamed Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-39, Lake Tanganyika.

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