Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Pleiodon ovatus

nominal species Pliodon diolibanus Bourguignat, 1879

Pliodon diolibanus Bourguignat, 1879 = Pleiodon ovatus

Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 47.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0207, Niger.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Daget, 1998: 151.

+ Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 — Haas, 1969: 601.

= Iridina (Pleiodon) diolibana (Bourguignat, 1879) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 443.

= Pleiodon (s.s.) diolibanus Bourguignat, 1879 — Simpson, 1914: ad. et corr..

= Pleiodon djolibanum [sic] Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Pleiodon (s.s.) diolibanus Bourguignat, 1879 — Simpson, 1900: 908.

= Pliodon diolibanus — Bourguignat, 1879: 47.