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

nominal species Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885

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Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Pleiodon spekii

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 107.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 39.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0231, Mpala.

= Pleiodon spekii

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ 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) giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Pleiodon (Cameronia) giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1914

= Cameronia giraudi Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910

= Pleiodon giraudi Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904

= Pleiodon (Cameronia) giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1900

= Cameronia giraudi Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Cameronia giraudiBourguignat, 1888

= Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1886

= Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1886

= Cameronia giraudiBourguignat, 1885

 
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