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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

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 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 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 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.

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)