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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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nominal species Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 32, 35.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 55, pl. 25, fig. 2.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0312, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

= Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880) — IUCN, 2010

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Daget, 1998

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1969

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pain & Woodward, 1968

= Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme subtriangularis (Bourguignat, 1886) — Leloup, 1950

= Pseudospatha subtriangularis (Bourguignat, 1886) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Pseudospatha subtriangularis (Bourguignat, 1886) — Simpson, 1914

= Pseudospatha subtriangularis Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910

= Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904

= Pseudospatha subtriangularis (Bourguignat, 1886) — Simpson, 1900

= Burtonia subtriangularis Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888

= Burtonia subtriangularis sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886
 
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