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Publication Bourguignat (1885): summary

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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

Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat, 1885 = Soleilletia abbadiana

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 34, figs. 15-18.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_23201, Lac Haoussa.

Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 43.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0344, dans le Guebe, affluente l’Oromo (Choa).

Corbicula callipyga Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 37, figs. 13-13’.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3442, Lac Aoussa.

Unio dembea ‘Rossmässler, in: Reeve’ Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

‘Rossmässler, in: Reeve’ Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 38.
(error for Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865)

Corbicula gravieriana Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 38, figs. 14-14’.

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

Soleilletia hamyana Bourguignat, 1885 = Soleilletia abbadiana

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 35.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3519, Lac Haoussa.

Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 42.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0154, Lac Haoussa.

Unio ilqi ‘Soleillet, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

‘Soleillet, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 40.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0158, Bords du lac Haoussa, voyage au Choa.

Unio meneliki Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

‘Soleillet’ Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 41.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0126, lac Haouach, Choa.

Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 39.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0105, Lac Haoussa.

Corbicula soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1885. Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 36, figs. 12-12’.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3536, Lac Aoussa.

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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