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Bivalvia
| Unionoida
| Etherioidea
| Iridinidae
| Iridininae
| Pleiodon
species Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859): synonymy161 specimens
Synonymy
Woodward, 1859. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 348, pl. 47, fig. 2. Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1859-12-23-8, Lake Tanganyika.
Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon spekei [sic] — E.A. Smith (1904) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Iridina (sec. Cameronia) spekii — Thiele (1934) Iridina (Cameronia) spekei — Haas (1969) Mutela spekei [sic] — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66, 69. Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 73, pl. 34, fig. 1. Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0179, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon admirabilis — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia spekei var. admirabilis — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 26, 39. Ancey in Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67. ‘Ancey’ Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 71, pl. 33, figs. 1-2. Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0167, Kibanga.
Pleiodon (Cameronia) bourguignati — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon bourguignati — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia bourguignati — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) bourguignati — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67, 77. Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 67, pl. 31, figs. 1-2. Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0214, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon coulboisi — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia spekei var. culboisi [sic] — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66, 68. Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75, pl. 35, fig. 1. Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0239, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).
Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon gigantea — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia spekei var. gigantea — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Mutela spekei [sic] — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67, 82. Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 69, pl. 32, fig. 3. Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0227, Lac Tanganyika.
Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon josseti — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia spekei var. josseti — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66, 74. Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 67, pl. 31, fig. 3. Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0242, Karema, Lac Tanganyika.
Pleiodon (Cameronia) landeaui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon landeaui — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia landeaui — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) landeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 68, 91. Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 69, pl. 32, figs. 1-2. Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0270, lac Tanganyika.
Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon paradoxa — E.A. Smith (1904) Cameronia spekei var. paradoxa — Kobelt (1910) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
‘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.
Pleiodon spekei [sic] — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon spekei — E.A. Smith (1906) Cameronia spekei — Kobelt (1910) Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Mutela spekei [sic] — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)
Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 7 [as ‘Arca elongata’]. Wood, 1828. Suppl. Index Testac.: 41, pl. 2, sp. 10. (misidentified reference to Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821)
‘Woodward’ Clessin, 1876. Conchyl. Cab. 9(1): 232, pl. 70, fig. 1. (error for Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859)
Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 910. (error for Cameronia randabeli Bourguignat, 1886)
Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
‘Bourguignat’ Germain, 1908. Résult. Sci. Voyage Afrique FOA: 694. (error for Cameronia marioniana ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886)
Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998)
‘Bourg.’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 86. (error for Cameronia charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886)
‘Bourg.’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 86. (error for Cameronia coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pain & Woodward (1964) Pleiodon (Cameronia) giraudi — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon (Cameronia) revoiliana — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) anceyi — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) bourguignati — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon (Cameronia) bridouxi — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) charbonnieri — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) complanata — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) dromauxi — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) guillemeti — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) jouberti — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) landeaui — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon (Cameronia) lavigirina [sic] — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) locardiana — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) mabilliana — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) marioniana — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) moineti — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) obtusa — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) pulchella — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) randebeli [sic] — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon (Cameronia) vynckii [sic] — Simpson (1900) Pleiodon spekei [sic] — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon giraudi — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon revoiliana — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon admirabilis — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon anceyi — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon bourguignati — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon bridouxi — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon charbonnieri — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon complanata — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon coulboisi — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon dromauxi — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon gigantea — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon guillemeti — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon josseti — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon jouberti — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon landeaui — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon lavigeriana — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon locardiana — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon mabilliana — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon marioniana — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon moineti — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon obtusa — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon paradoxa — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon pulchella — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon randabeli — E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914) Pleiodon vynckei — E.A. Smith (1904) Pleiodon spekei — E.A. Smith (1906) Cameronia spekei — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia giraudi — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia revoiliana — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia spekei var. admirabilis — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia anceyi — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia bourguignati — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia bridouxi — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia charbonieri [sic] — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia complanata — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia spekei var. culboisi [sic] — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia dromauxi — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia spekei var. gigantea — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia guillemeti — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia spekei var. josseti — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia jouberti — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia landeaui — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia lavigeriana — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia locardiana — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia mabilliana — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia marioniana — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia moineti — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia obtusa — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia spekei var. paradoxa — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia pulchella — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia randabeli — Kobelt (1910) Cameronia vynckii [sic] — Kobelt (1910) Pleiodon (Cameronia) vynckei — Simpson (1914) Iridina (Cameronia) spekii — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950), Haas (1969) Iridina (Cameronia) giraudi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) revoiliana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) bourguignati — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) complanata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) dromauxi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) guillemeti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) jouberti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) landeaui — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) locardiana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) mabilliana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) marioniana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) moineti — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) obtusa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) pulchella — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) randabeli — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (Cameronia) vynckei — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Iridina (sec. Cameronia) spekii — Thiele (1934) Iridina (Cameronia) spekei — Haas (1969) Mutela spekei [sic] — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Pleiodon spekii — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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