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nominal species Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886

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Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 33, 39.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 57, pl. 26, figs. 3-5.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0212, Kibanga.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Daget, 1998: 82.

+ Mandahl-Barth, 1988.

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1969: 585.

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pain & Woodward, 1968: 213.

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme livingstoniana (Bourguignat, 1883) — Leloup, 1950: 119.

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis livingstoniana (Bourguignat, 1883) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 445.

+ Pseudospatha livingstonensis [sic] (Bourguignat, 1883) — Simpson, 1914: 205.

= Pseudospatha contorta Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910: 86.

= Burtonia contorta Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904: 102.

+ Pseudospatha livingstonensis [sic] (Bourguignat, 1883) — Simpson, 1900: 578.

= Burtonia contorta Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889: 61.

= Burtonia contorta Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888: 57, pl. 26, figs. 3-5.

= Burtonia contorta sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886: 39, 33.