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Publication Kuiper (1966): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Kuiper, J.G.J. 1966. Les espèces africaines du genre Pisidium, leur synonymie et leur distribution (Mollusca, Lamellibranchiata, Sphaeriidae). Annales Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale 151: 1-78.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pisidium armillatum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 33, pl. 6, figs. 5-8.

Pisidium casertanum Kuiper, 1966
‘Poli’ Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 44.
(misidentified reference to Cardium casertanum Poli, 1791)

Pisidium incomitatum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 60, pl. 14, figs. 10-11.

Pisidium invenustum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 34, pl. 13, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium masakaense Kuiper, 1966
‘Preston’ Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 39. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium ovampicum Ancey, 1890)

Pisidium mitjidense Kuiper, 1966
‘Clessin’ Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 51. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855)

Pisidium montigenum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 41, pl. 9, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium kigeziense var. rugosiuscula Kuiper, 1966
‘Preston’ Kuiper, 1966. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 33. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Sphaerium kigeziense Preston, 1912)

Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774)

Pisidium armillatum n. sp.

Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960
+ Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1892

Pisidium betafoense Kuiper, 1953

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791) = Euglesa casertana
+ Pisidium canariense Shuttleworth, 1852
+ Pisidium lumstenianum Forbes, 1838
+ Pisidium lumsternianum Bourguignat, 1854
+ Pisidium watsoni Paiva, 1866
+ Pisidium planatum Ancey, 1906
+ Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911
+ Pisidium (Fluminina) atlasicum Pallary, 1915
+ Pisidium edouardi Kuiper, 1953

Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931 = Euglesa costulosa

Pisidium fistulosum Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Euglesa giraudi
+ Pisidium hermosum Bourguignat, 1888

Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964

Pisidium incomitatum n. sp. = Sphaerium incomitatum

Pisidium invenustum n. sp.

Pisidium johnsoni E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Pisidium pauliani Kuiper, 1953

Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911 = Euglesa keniana
+ Sphaerium kigeziense Preston, 1912
+ Pisidium katangense Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932

Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1891 = Euglesa langleyana

Pisidium milium Held, 1836 = Euglesa milium

Pisidium montigenum n. sp.

Pisidium ovampicum Ancey, 1890 = Euglesa ovampica
+ Pisidium georgeanum Kuiper, 1952

Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa personata

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881 = Euglesa pirothi
+ Pisidium (Fossarina) casertanum var. alexandrina Pallary, 1909
+ Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932
+ Pisidium costulosum Haas, 1936
+ Pisidium clarckeanum var. exilis Favre, 1943
+ Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
+ Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957
+ Pisidium lepus var. dampfi Kuiper, 1957

Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855 = Euglesa subtruncata
+ Pisidium (Eupera) landeroini Germain, 1909

Pisidium viridarium Kuiper, 1956 = Euglesa viridaria

 
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