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Publication E.A. Smith (1877): summary
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Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1877. On the shells of Lake Nyassa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889
‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718.
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 37.

Cyrena (Corbicula) radiata E.A. Smith, 1877
‘Parreyss’ E.A. Smith, 1877. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 718.
(misidentified reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyrena astartina Martens = Corbicula astartina

Cyrena (Corbicula) radiata Parreyss = Corbicula fluminalis

Spatha alata Lea = Mutela alata

Spatha nyassaënsis Lea = Chambardia nyassaensis

Unio nyassaënsis Lea = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio nyassensis Sowerby, 1868

Unio nyassaënsis var. kirkii Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio nyassaënsis var.aferula Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

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