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Publication Bourguignat (1886): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1886. Espéces Nouvelles et Genres Nouveaux Découverts par les Rev. Péres Missionaires dans les Grands Lacs africains Oukéréwe et Tanganika. 39 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Aspatharia Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838)
Type species: Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Aspatharia rugifera

Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 32 [as ‘Brazzæa’].
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 61.
Type species: Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 (monotypy) = Brazzaea anceyi

Burtonia Bourguignat, 1883
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 20.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 32.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 37.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 53.
(homonym of Bonaparte, 1850 [Aves]; renamed Pseudospatha Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880 (orig. desig.) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Cameronia Bourguignat, 1879
Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 42.
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 19.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 106.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 26.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Type species: Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Pleiodon spekii

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

Moncetia Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 34.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 60.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 65.
Type species: Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886 (monotypy) = Moncetia anceyi

Mutelina Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 11.
Type species: Mutela subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1886 (monotypy) = Mutela bourguignati

Spathella Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 195.
(homonym of J. Hall, 1885 [Modiomorphidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838; renamed Leptospatha Rochebrune & Germain, 1904)
Type species: Spatha petersi Martens, 1860 (sub. desig. by Bourguignat, 1889: 195, footnote) = Chambardia petersi

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 14 available nominal species attributed to this publication (34 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Brazzæa anceyi = Brazzaea anceyi

Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Calliscapha bourguignati Ancey, in litt. = Mutela bourguignati

Cameronia anceyi = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia bourguignati Ancey, in litt. = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia marioniana Ancey, in litt. = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia revoiliana Bourguignat, 1885 = Pleiodon spekii

Cameronia spekei (Woodward, 1859) = Pleiodon spekii
+ Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859

Grandidieria anceyi = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)

Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria granulosa Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria horei (Smith, 1881) = Coelatura horei

Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria insignis Ancey, in litt. = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria locardiana = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881

Grandidieria tanganikana (Bourguignat, 1885) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Grandidieria thompsoni [sic] (Smith, 1881) = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria ujijensis [sic] Bourg. = Nyassunio ujijiensis
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia

Moncetia anceyi

Mutelina soleniformis = Mutela soleniformis

Mutelina subdiaphana (Bourguignat, 1883) = Mutela bourguignati

Spatha (Aspatharia) vignouana (Bernardi, 1858) = Aspatharia rugifera

Spatha (s.s.) caillaudi = Chambardia rubens

Spatha (s.s.) chaiziana = Aspatharia chaiziana

Spatha (s.s.) rubens = Chambardia rubens

Spatha (Spathella) bloyeti Bourguignat = Chambardia bourguignati

Spatha (Spathella) bourguignati Ancey, in litt. = Chambardia bourguignati

Spatha (Spathella) petersi (Martens) = Chambardia petersi

Spatha (Spathella) pfeifferiana (Bernard) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Unio calathus = Coelatura horei

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