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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon spekii

nominal species Pleiodon spekei ‘Woodward’ of Authors

Pleiodon spekei ‘Woodward’ of Authors = Pleiodon spekii

‘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 spekii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859) — IUCN, 2010

+ Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998

+ Mutela spekei [sic] (Woodward, 1859) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Haas, 1969

+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Pain & Woodward, 1964

+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Leloup, 1950

+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Simpson, 1914

= Cameronia spekei Woodward — Kobelt, 1910

= Pleiodon spekei Woodward — E.A. Smith, 1906

+ Pleiodon spekei [sic] (Woodward) — E.A. Smith, 1904

= Mutela (Iridina) spekei (Woodward, 1859) — Martens, 1897

= Cameronia spekei (Woodw.) Bourg. — Sturany, 1894

+ Cameronia spekei [sic] (Woodward, 1859) — Bourguignat, 1886

= Cameronia spekei (Woodward, 1859) — Bourguignat, 1886

+ Cameronia spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Bourguignat, 1885

+ Pleiodon spekei [sic] Woodward, 1859 — E.A. Smith, 1881