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Publication E.A. Smith (1906): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1906. Zoological results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 180-186. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula cunningtoni E.A. Smith, 1906
E.A. Smith, 1906. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1906: 186, pl. 10, fig. 15.

Sphaerium victoriae E.A. Smith, 1906
E.A. Smith, 1906. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1906: 186, pl. 10, fig. 16 [as ‘victoriæ’].

Taxonomic Opinions

Ætheria elliptica Lamarck = Etheria elliptica

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat

Burtonia tanganyicensis (Smith) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Corbicula cunningtoni sp. n. = Corbicula fluminalis

Pleiodon spekei Woodward = Pleiodon spekii

Sphærium victoriæ sp. n. = Sphaerium victoriae

Unio burtoni Woodward = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio lourdeli Bourguignat = Nitia monceti

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