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Publication Bourguignat (1885): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1885. Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M. Paul Soleillet dans son Voyage au Choa (Éthiopie Méridionale). 48 pp., 1 pl. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Soleilletia Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 32.
Type species: Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat, 1885 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 345) = Soleilletia abbadiana

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, sp. nov. = Unio dembeae

Unio dembea [sic] ‘Rossmässler, in: Reeve’ = Unio dembeae

Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, sp. nov. = Unio dembeae

Unio ilqi Soleillet, in litt. = Unio dembeae

Unio meneliki ‘Soleillet’, sp. nov. = Unio dembeae

Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, sp. nov. = Unio dembeae

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