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Publication Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Pilsbry, H.A. & J. Bequaert. 1927. The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo, with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53: 69-602. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Aspatharia luapulaensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Dautzenberg & Germain of Authors.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: pl. 36, figs. 4-4a [as ‘Aspatharia sp.’]. [MS]
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME IRSNB_MP_0333, La Luapula, a Kasenga.

Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 416, pl. 34, figs. 4-4a; pl. 42, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57371, Leopoldville.

Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 418, pl. 43, figs. 3-3a; pl. 44, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMNH_72063, Medje, Africa.

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914. Rev. Zool. Afr. 4: 68 (in part).
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 424, text fig. 93.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha wissmanni Martens, 1883)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_134026, Malema, Belg. Congo.

Caelatura (Laevirostris?) rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 405, pl. 33, figs. 5-5a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_133847, Leopoldville, Africa.

Caelatura (Laevirostris) stagnorum bomae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 405, pl. 33, figs. 2-2a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio stagnorum Dautzenberg, 1890)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_134032, Boma, Belgian Congo.

Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 402, pl. 32, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72093, Garamba River, 04°10’N, 29°40’E, Belgian Congo [Zaire], Africa.

Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 403, pl. 32, figs. 3-4; pl 33, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMNH_72094, Congo River at Stanleyville, Belgian Congo.

Cameronia gosseti Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
‘Bourguignat’ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 441.
(error for Cameronia josseti Bourguignat, 1886)

Corbicula radiata Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: fig. 71d-f “oval form”. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Corbicula radiata edwardi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 343, figs. 73a-b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846)

Cyrenoidea rosea brevidentata Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 376, fig. 85.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrenella rosea d’Ailly, 1896)

Egeria nux Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 367, pl. 29, figs. 4-7.

Egeria tenuicula langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 366, pl. 29, fig. 1-3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Galatea tenuicula Philippi, 1849; new name for Galatea tenuicula Boettget, 1913)

Eupera mediafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 355, figs. 79a-f, 80a.

Eupera mediafricana etheriarum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 357, figs. 80b-d.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Eupera mediafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Iphigenia congo Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 373, figs. 83a-c.

Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 431, pl. 40, figs. 1-2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72067, Middle Garambe River, Belgian Congo (Zaire), Africa.

Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 434, pl. 41, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_134054, Lualaba River, Mulongo.

Mutela (s.s.) langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 432, pl. 39, fig. 3-3b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_133860, Zambi, Belg. Congo, Afr.

Mutela (s.s.) garambae praetenuis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 432, pl. 40, fig. 3 [as ‘prætenuis’].
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72066, Aba River, Africa.

Parreysia mweruensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
‘Smith’ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: pl. 31, fig. 8.
(misidentified reference to Unio mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908)

Parreysia regis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 389, pl. 31, figs. 12-12b.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_133784, Lake Edward, Kabare.

Pisidium katangense Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 353, figs. 78a-b.

Pleiodon macmurtrei Conrad, 1834
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1834. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 7(1): 180.
Hanley, 1843. Illustr. Descr. Cat. Rec. Bivalve Shells: 225.
Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 49.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 443.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 601.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 57.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 151.
(incorrect original spelling of Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834)

Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 446, pl. 45, figs. 5, 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_132188, Toa Bay, 5 m., L. Tanganyika, Shaba Province, 05 40 S; 029 20 E.

Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 446, pl. 54, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE ANSP_132189, Kilwa Bay, L. Tanganyika.

Spatha haasi Pilsbry, 1923
Pilsbry, 1923. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 75: 275, pl. 19, figs. 1-2.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 420.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_81211, Boran, British East Africa.

Sphaerium stuhlmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
‘E. v. Martens’ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 348, figs. 75a-d.
(misidentified reference to Sphaerium stuhlmanni Martens, 1897; renamed Sphaerium hartmanni var. congicum Haas, 1936)

Unio eurysellinus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
‘Pallary’ of Authors.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 381.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 175.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 26.
(error for Unio euryssellinus Pallary, 1903)

Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 381.
(new name for Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886)

Unio (Cafferia) connollyi Pilsbry, 1923
Pilsbry, 1923. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 75: 276, text fig. 1; pl. 19, figs. 3-4.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 380.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_125501A, Port Natal, Africa.

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