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

nominal species Cameronia paradoxa Bourguignat, 1886

Cameronia paradoxa Bourguignat, 1886 = Pleiodon spekii

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 spekii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ 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) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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

= Cameronia spekei var. paradoxa Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910

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

+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Simpson, 1900

= Cameronia paradoxa Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Cameronia paradoxa Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888

= Cameronia paradoxa sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886