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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Sphaerium
species Sphaerium nyanzae E.A. Smith, 1892: synonymy
Synonymy
Sphaerium nyanzae E.A. Smith, 1892
E.A. Smith, 1892. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10: 383 [as ‘nyanzæ’].
Sphaerium nyanzae — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)
Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010)
Pseudocorbicula alluaudi Dautzenberg, 1908
Dautzenberg, 1908. J. de Conch. 56: 32, pl. 2, figs. 8-10.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3494, Kavirondo, Victoria Nyanza.
Pseudocorbicula alluaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934)
Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium iredalei Preston, 1912
Preston, 1912. unknown publication: 328, pl. 17, fig. 3.
Sphaerium iredalei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi — Daget (1998)
Sphaerium nyanzae Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 260, pl. 7, fig. 10.
(reference to Sphaerium nyanzae E.A. Smith, 1892)
Sphaerium victoriae victoriae — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae — Daget (1998)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Sphaerium nyanzae — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009)
Pseudocorbicula alluaudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934)
Sphaerium iredalei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Sphaerium nyanzae nyanzae — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium victoriae victoriae — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Sphaerium nyanzae alluaudi — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010)
