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

nominal species Pliodon pachyodon Bourguignat, 1879

Pliodon pachyodon Bourguignat, 1879 = Pleiodon ovatus

Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 46.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0282, Bafing, affluent du Senegal.

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

+ Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus (Swainson, 1823) — Pain & Woodward, 1964: 6.

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

= Pleiodon (s.s.) ovatus var. pachyodon Bourguignat, 1879 — Simpson, 1914: 1377.

= Pleiodon pachyodon Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Pleiodon (s.s.) pachyodon Bourguignat, 1879 — Simpson, 1900: 909.

= Pliodon pachyodon — Bourguignat, 1879: 46.