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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Ancey (1888): summary
publication summary Complete CitationAncey, C.F. 1888. Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles récoltés sur la cote occidentale d’Afrique par M. le Cap. Vignon. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 5: 65-76. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta vignonana Musgrave, 1863
‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Musgrave, 1863. Phot. Conch. of Conch. Misc. Hanley: pl. 1, fig. 1.
Reeve, 1865. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 25, sp. 120; errata [changed to ‘vignouanus’].
 Sowerby, 1870. Conch. Icon. 17: pl. 29, sp. 116.
Ancey, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 74, footnote.
(error for Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859) | |
Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888
Ancey, 1888. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 5: 74.
(new name for Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAetheria semilunata (Lamarck) = Etheria elliptica
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824 Anodonta chaiziana Rang = Aspatharia chaiziana Iridina dubius (Gmelin) = Mutela dubia Iridina exotica Lam. = Mutela dubia Iridina ovata Swainson = Pleiodon ovatus Iridina rubens Deshayes = Chambardia rubens Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca Unio pfeifferianus (Bernardi) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana Unio vignoni Bernardi = Aspatharia rugifera
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
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