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Publication Bourguignat (1885): summary

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Bourguignat, J.R. 1885. Notice Prodromique sur les Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans les Région Méridionale du Lac Tanganyika. 110 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cameronia Bourguignat, 1879

Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 42.
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 19.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 106.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 26.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Type species: Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Pleiodon spekii

Grandidieria Bourguignat, 1885

Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 4.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 92.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 15.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41.
(renamed Ruellania Bourguignat, 1885)
Type species: Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 (subsequent designation) = Grandidieria burtoni

Ruellania Bourguignat, 1885

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 92, footnote.
(new name for Grandidieria Bourguignat, 1885)
Type species: Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 = Grandidieria burtoni

Attributed Nominal Species

Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 100.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 10-12.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0020, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 9, pl. 1, figs. 7-9.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0024, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0056, Mpala, Tanganyika.

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.

Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 95.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0050, Mpala, Tanganyika.

There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (18 total).

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Euglesa giraudi

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 104.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, 5-7.

Grandidieria granulosa Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 102.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, fig. 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0061, Pambete.

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7, pl. 1, figs. 1-6.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 11-16.
(renamed Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0029, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 101.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0134, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 96.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0127, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Cameronia revoiliana Bourguignat, 1885 = Pleiodon spekii

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 107.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67, 79.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 39.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0262, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 10, pl. 1, figs. 10-12.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 103.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 17-19.
(renamed Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0112, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 98.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0098, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33 [as ‘Unio burtoni’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 6.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-21, Lake Tanganyika.

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33a [as ‘Unio burtoni’].
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-31, Lake Tanganyika.

Corbicula tanganikana Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 104.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, 8-10.
(new name for Corbicula radiata var. tanganyicensis Crosse, 1881)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3542, Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika.

Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883 = Grandidieria burtoni

E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351 [as ‘Unio tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 18.
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 102 [as ‘Grandidieria tanganikana’].
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22 [as ‘Grandidieria tanganikana’].
(new name for Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Grandidieria ujijensis Bourguignat, 1885 = Nyassunio ujijiensis

‘Crosse’ of Authors.
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
‘Crosse’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 79 [as ‘Nyassunio ujijensis’].
(error for Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)

Taxonomic Opinions

Cameronia giraudi = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia revoiliana = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia spekii (Woodward, 1859) = Pleiodon spekii
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward)

Grandidieria corbicula sp. nov. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria elongata spec. nov. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria giraudi spec. nov. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria granulosa sp. nov. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria horei (Smith) = Coelatura horei

Grandidieria incarnata sp. nov. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria mira spec. nov. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881

Grandidieria tanganikana (Bourguignat, 1885) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith) = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria ujijensis [sic] Bourguignat = Nyassunio ujijiensis
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

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