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Publication Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927): taxonomic opinions
     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.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia (Arthropteron) ouassouloui (Rochebrune, 1904) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Brazzaea anceyi
+ Brazzaea bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea elongata Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea eximia Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea newcombiana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
+ Brazzaea ventrosa Bourguignat, 1886

Aspatharia (Moncetia) lavigeriana (Bourguignat, 1886) = Moncetia anceyi
+ Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia rochebruniana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Moncetia moineti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Spatha (Moncetia) monieti Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha (Moncetia) lavigerina Simpson, 1900

Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Aspatharia (s.s.) corrugata (Dautzenberg, 1893) = Aspatharia rugifera

Aspatharia (s.s.) dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis
+ Anodonta senegalensis Lea, 1859
+ Mutelina senegalica Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia (s.s.) decorsei (Germain, 1904) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Aspatharia (s.s.) decorsei var. persinuata (Germain, 1907) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) decorsei var. sinuata Germain, 1904

Aspatharia (s.s.) divaricata (von Martens, 1897) = Aspatharia divaricata

Aspatharia (s.s.) droueti (Chaper, 1885) = Aspatharia droueti

Aspatharia (s.s.) droueti var. roseotincta (Dautzenberg, 1921) = Aspatharia rugifera

Aspatharia (s.s.) flava Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Chambardia flava

Aspatharia (s.s.) fourtaui (Pallary, 1903) = Aspatharia marnoi

Aspatharia (s.s.) kamerunensis (Walker, 1910) = Aspatharia rugifera

Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei (Jousseaume, 1886) = Aspatharia pangallensis

Aspatharia (s.s.) mabillei var. mamounensis (Germain, 1907) = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) pfeifferi Germain, 1907

Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Aspatharia (s.s.) protchei (Rochebrune, 1886) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898

Aspatharia (s.s.) rugifera (Dunker, 1858) = Aspatharia rugifera
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
+ Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888
+ Margaritana vignoniana Paetel, 1890
+ Anodonta vignonana Musgrave, 1863

Aspatharia (s.s.) sarae (Preston, 1913) = Aspatharia subreniformis

Aspatharia (s.s.) semicorrugata (Preston, 1910) = Aspatharia ganciniensis

Aspatharia (s.s.) sinuata (von Martens, 1883) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913

Aspatharia (s.s.) sinuata (von Martens, 1883) = Aspatharia subreniformis

Aspatharia (s.s.) stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

Aspatharia (s.s.) stuhlmanni var. comoensis (Germain, 1908) = Aspatharia droueti
+ Spatha (Leptospatha) stuhlmanni var. comoeensis Germain, 1908

Aspatharia (s.s.) subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867) = Aspatharia subreniformis

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni (Jousseaume, 1886) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) adansoni var. major (Germain, 1917) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) anataria (Cristofori & Jan, 1832) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) arcuta (Cailliaud, 1823) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) baikii (Adams, H., 1866) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bellamyi (Jousseaume, 1886) = Chambardia wissmanni

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) bozasi (Rochebrune & Germain, 1904) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia chaiziana
+ Anodonta tawaii Rang, 1835
+ Anodonta tawi Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha rochebrunei Jousseaume, 1886
+ Spatha tristis Jousseaume, 1886

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana (Rang, 1835) = Aspatharia rochebrunei

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) chaiziana var. compressa (Germain, 1906) = Aspatharia chaiziana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) clappertoni (Koenig, 1826) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) corneola (Rochebrune, 1886) = Aspatharia ganciniensis
+ Spatha ganciniensis Rochebrune, 1886

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) guillaini (Récluz, 1850) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) haasi (Pilsbry, 1923) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) innesi (Pallary, 1903) = Aspatharia chaiziana

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki (Ancey, 1894) = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spatha approximans Preston, 1910
+ Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) kirki var. liederi (von Martens, 1897) = Chambardia nyassaensis

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris (Simpson, 1900) = Chambardia wahlbergi
+ Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894
+ Spatha bertilloniana Preston, 1910

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lacustris var. major (Germain, 1906) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) lepsii (Jickeli, 1874) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) maitenguensis (Sturany, 1898) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) marnoi (Jickeli, 1874) = Aspatharia marnoi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martensi (Sturany in Baumann, 1894) = Chambardia bourguignati

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) martini (Rochebrune, 1904) = Chambardia rubens
+ Mitriodon falemeensis Rochebrune, 1904
+ Mitriodon heudeloti Rochebrune, 1904

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) pangallensis (Rochebrune, 1882) = Aspatharia pangallensis
+ Spatha pangallicensis Simpson, 1900

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) petersi (von Martens, 1860) = Chambardia petersi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) petersi modesta (Lea, 1864) = Chambardia petersi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei (Jousseaume, 1886) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) renei var. compressa (Germain in Chevalier, 1907) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rotundata (von Martens, 1897) = Chambardia bourguignati

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens (Lamarck, 1819) = Chambardia rubens
+ Anodonta splendens Cristofori & Jan, 1832
+ Unio (Iridina) solida Anton, 1839

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. caillaudi (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) rubens var. chudeaui (Germain, 1907) = Chambardia rubens

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) subaequilatera (von Martens, 1887) = Chambardia bourguignati
+ Spatha baumanni Sturany, 1894

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) tabula (Sowerby, 1867) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) trapezia (von Martens, 1897) = Chambardia trapezia

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) trapezia var. senilis (von Martens, 1897) = Chambardia trapezia

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia bourguignati
+ Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
+ Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889
+ Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889
+ Spathella brumpti Rochebrune & Germain, 1904

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis (von Martens, 1897) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni (von Martens, 1883) = Chambardia wissmanni

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum (von Martens, 1883) = Chambardia wissmanni

Cælatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832
+ Unio pumilus Lea, 1852
+ Unio eucyphus Bourguignat, 1857

Cælatura [sic] aegyptiaca var. shambiensis (Longstaff, 1914) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cælatura [sic] araneosa (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura gabonensis

Cælatura [sic] böhmi (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura horei

Cælatura [sic] calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) = Coelatura horei

Cælatura [sic] charbonnieri (Bourguignat, 1886) = Coelatura horei
+ Unio coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio dromauxi Bourguignat, 1886

Cælatura [sic] gereti (Preston, 1910) = Coelatura horei

Cælatura [sic] poirieri (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura gabonensis

Cælatura [sic] putzeysi (Preston, 1912) = Coelatura gabonensis
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909

Cælatura [sic] randabeli (Bourguignat, 1886) = Coelatura horei

Cælatura [sic] sordida (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura gabonensis

Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) rotula (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) = Coelatura disciformis

Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890) = Coelatura stagnorum

Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) stagnorum bomae new subspecies = Coelatura stagnorum

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) aequatoria (Morelet, 1885) = Coelatura gabonensis
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901) = Coelatura briarti
+ Unio eduardi Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) = Coelatura gabonensis
+ Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) gerrardi (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura horei

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) = Coelatura mesafricana

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) stanleyvillensis (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) = Coelatura stanleyvillensis

Congeria africana (P.J. Van Beneden) = Mytilopsis africana

Congeria cochleatus (”Kickx” Nyst, 1835) = Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Congeria cyanea (P.J. Van Beneden) = Mytilopsis africana

Congeria gibberosa (Preston, 1909) = Mytilopsis africana

Congeria holmi (A. d’Ailly, 1896) = Mytilopsis africana

Congeria lacustris (Morelet, 1860) = Mytilopsis africana

Congeria ornata (Morelet, 1885) = Mytilopsis africana
+ Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909

Corbicula africana (Krauss, 1848)
+ Cyrena africana var. olivacea Krauss, 1848
+ Cyrena gauritziana Krauss, 1848

Corbicula artini Pallary, 1903 = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula lavigeriana Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula consobrina var. lavigeriei Germain, 1906

Corbicula astartina (v. Martens, 1860)
+ Corbicula giraudi Germain, 1906

Corbicula audoini Germain, 1909 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula callipyga Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula cunningtoni E.A. Smith, 1906 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula delessertiana Prime, 1870 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula difficilis Prime, 1864 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula doufilei T. de Rochebrune & Germain, 1904 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fischeri Germain, 1907 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774)
+ Cyrena fuscata Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena orientalis Lamarck, 1818
+ Cyrena consobrina Cailliaud, 1823
+ Corbicula cameroni Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1889
+ Corbicula jouberti Germain, 1906
+ Corbicula kynganica Germain, 1906

Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774) = Corbicula fluminea

Corbicula foai Mabille, 1901 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula gabonensis Preston, 1909 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula gravieriana Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula heuglini Clessin, 1879 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula inaequilateralis Prime, 1864 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula jickeli Clessin, 1879 = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula pusilla Jickeli, 1874

Corbicula kirkii Prime, 1864 = Corbicula africana

Corbicula lacoini Germain, 1905 = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula lacoini var. castanea Germain, 1911

Corbicula meridionalis Clessin, 1879 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula natalensis “Krauss” Clessin, 1879 = Corbicula africana

Corbicula nilotica Clessin, 1879 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula oliphantensis Craven, 1880 = Corbicula africana

Corbicula pusilla (‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846) = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Cyrena africana var. albida Krauss, 1848
+ Corbicula alba Clessin, 1877

Corbicula pusilla (‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846) = Corbicula africana

Corbicula radiata (‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846) = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula nyassana Bourguignat, 1889

Corbicula radiata (‘Parreyss’ Philippi, 1846) = Corbicula africana

Corbicula radiata edwardi new subspecies = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula senegalensis Clessin, 1879 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula subtruncata “Bourguignat” Germain, 1906 = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889

Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca “Bourguignat” Germain, 1909 = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula subtruncata var. cyanea Pallary, 1909

Corbicula tanganyicensis (Crosse, 1881) = Corbicula fluminalis
+ Corbicula tanganikana Bourguignat, 1885

Corbicula tsadiana E. v. Martens, 1903 = Corbicula fluminalis

Corbicula zelebori Jickeli, 1874 = Corbicula fluminalis

Cyrenoida dupontia de Joannis, 1835

Cyrenoida rhodopyga (E. v. Martens, 1891)

Cyrenoida rosea (A. d’Ailly, 1896) = Cyrenoida rhodopyga

Cyrenoida rosea brevidentata new subspecies = Cyrenoida rhodopyga

Cyrenoida senegalensis (Deshayes, 1854) = Cyrenoida dupontia

Egeria aguiari (Brito Capello, 1878) = Galatea bengoensis

Egeria bengoensis (Dunker, 1848) = Galatea bengoensis
+ Galateia bengoensis var. versicolor Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia bengoensis var. multiradiata Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia bengoensis var. tigrina Brito Capello, 1878

Egeria bengoensis bocagii (Brito Capello, 1878) = Galatea bengoensis

Egeria bengoensis laeta (Philippi, 1849) = Galatea bengoensis
+ Galatea laeta var. versicolor Fischer, 1857
+ Galatea philippiana Morelet, 1858

Egeria bernardii (Dunker, 1856) = Galatea bernardii

Egeria biangulata (Sowerby, 1868) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria cailliaudi (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea cailliaudi

Egeria chemnitzii (Philippi, 1851) = Galatea bengoensis
+ Venus aegyptiaca Chemnitz, 1795

Egeria concamerata (Duval, 1840) = Galatea paradoxa
+ Galatea concamerata var. rosea Bernardi, 1860

Egeria congica (O. Bœttger, 1885) = Galatea congica
+ Potamophila radiata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
+ Galateia tuckeyi Dautzenberg, 1891
+ Galatea tuckeri Kobelt, 1910
+ Galateia duponti Dautzenberg, 1891
+ Galatea rubrotincta Preston, 1909

Egeria cumingii (”Dunker” Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea bernardii
+ Galateia cumingii var. versicolor Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia cumingii var. rubra Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia cumingii var. nitida Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia cumingii var. multiradiata Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia cumingii var. longirostris Brito Capello, 1878
+ Galateia cumingii var. equilatera Brito Capello, 1878

Egeria cumingiiquanzae [sic] (Brito Capello, 1878) = Galatea bernardii

Egeria heukelomii (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria lubackii (Bernardi, 1860) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria nux new species = Galatea nux

Egeria paradoxa (Born, 1780) = Galatea paradoxa
+ Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus meretrix Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
+ Galathea radiata Lamarck, 1804
+ Galatea radiata var. unicolor Bernardi, 1860
+ Galatea radiata var. olivacea Bernardi, 1860
+ Galatea radiata var. multiradiata Bernardi, 1860
+ Donax variegata Perry, 1811

Egeria pseudoradiata (Brito Capello, 1878) = Galatea paradoxa

Egeria tenuicula (Philippi, 1849) = Galatea tenuicula

Egeria tenuicula langi new subspecies = Galatea tenuicula
+ Galatea tenuicula Boettget, 1913

Egeria triangularis (Sowerby, 1868) = Galatea bernardii

Egeria truncata (Dunker, 1867) = Galatea paradoxa

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Aetheria elliptica var. typica R. Anthony, 1907
+ Etheria trigonula Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunaris Sowerby, 1872
+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807
+ Aetheria cailliaudi Férussac, 1824
+ Etheria lamarckii Férussac, 1824
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824
+ Etheria plombea Jousseaume, 1886
+ Aetheria tubifera Sowerby, 1825
+ Aetheria denhami Koenig, 1826
+ Etheria carteroni Michelin, 1830
+ Aetheria petrettinii Bourguignat, 1880
+ Aetheria letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1880
+ Aetheria chambardi Bourguignat, 1880
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Eupera bequaerti Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 = Sphaerium bequaerti

Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848)

Eupera letourneuxi Bourguignat, 1883 = Eupera ferruginea

Eupera mediafricana new species = Eupera ferruginea

Eupera mediafricana etheriarum new subspecies = Eupera sturanyi

Eupera parasitica (Deshayes, 1854) = Eupera ferruginea
+ Limosina ferruginea Jickeli, 1874
+ Eupera jickelii Bourguignat, 1883

Eupera sturanyi (L. Waagen, 1905)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)
+ Unio (Grandidieria) gravida var. lutescens Germain, 1905
+ Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885

Grandidieria burtoni var. insignis Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

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

Grandidieria burtoni var. sturanyi (von Martens, 1897) = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria callista Bourguignat, 1888 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Grandidieria bourguignati Bourguignat, 1888

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio rostralis Martens, 1897
+ Grandidieria locardiana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897

Grandidieria hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rhynchonella Bourguignat, 1888 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885 = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Grandidieria anceyi Bourguignat, 1886

Grandidieria tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883

Grandidieria tanganyicensis var. exalbida (Preston, 1913) = Grandidieria burtoni

Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria granulosa Bourguignat, 1885
+ Grandidieria singularis Bourguignat, 1888

Iphigenia congo new species = Profischeria congo
+ Fischeria delessertii Boettget, 1913

Iphigenia curta (Dunker, 1867) = Profischeria curta
+ Fischeria globosa Preston, 1909

Iphigenia delessertii (Bernardi, 1860) = Profischeria delessertii

Iphigenia lævigata (Gmelin, 1791) = Iphigenia laevigata

Iphigenia lenzi (Dautzenberg, 1891) = Profischeria curta

Iphigenia messageri (Preston, 1909) = Profischeria delessertii

Iphigenia psammobialis Deshayes, 1854

Iphigenia rostrata Rœmer, 1869 = Iphigenia laevigata

Iphigenia truncata (E. v. Martens, 1877) = Profischeria truncata

Iphigenia tumida (E. v. Martens, 1877) = Profischeria curta

Iridina (Cameronia) anceyi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) bourguignati (‘Ancey’ Bourguignat, 1885) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) complanata (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) dromauxi (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) = Pleiodon spekii
+ Cameronia charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Pliodon (Cameronia) giraudi mut. elongata Germain, 1908
+ Pliodon (Cameronia) lavigeriei Germain, 1908
+ Cameronia lavigirina Simpson, 1900

Iridina (Cameronia) guillemeti (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) jouberti (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) landeaui (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) locardiana (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) mabilliana (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) marioniana (Bourguignat, 1885) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) moineti (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) obtusa (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) pulchella (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) randabeli (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) revoiliana (Bourguignat, 1885) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 = Pleiodon spekii
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Cameronia admirabilis Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia gigantea Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia josseti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Cameronia paradoxa Bourguignat, 1886

Iridina (Cameronia) vynckei (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pleiodon spekii

Iridina (Pleiodon) diolibana (Bourguignat, 1879) = Pleiodon ovatus

Iridina (Pleiodon) elongata (Bourguignat, 1879) = Pleiodon ovatus

Iridina (Pleiodon) letourneuxiana (Bourguignat, 1879) = Pleiodon ovatus

Iridina (Pleiodon) ovata Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus
+ Pleiodon macmurtriei Conrad, 1834
+ Platiris (Iridina) leaii Lea, 1852
+ Iridina splendida Chenu, 1858

Iridina (Pleiodon) pachyodon (Bourguignat, 1879) = Pleiodon ovatus

Iridina (s.s.) exotica Lamarck, 1819 = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821
+ Iridina striata Swainson, 1823

Iridina (s.s.) hardeleti (Germain, 1906) = Mutela dubia

Iridina (s.s.) hardeleti var. molli (Germain, 1906) = Mutela dubia

Iridina (s.s.) tchadiensis (Germain, 1906) = Mutela dubia

Mutela (Chelidonopsis) carrei (Putzeys, 1898) = Mutela legumen
+ Burtonia leopoldvillensis Simpson, 1900
+ Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908

Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundo (von Martens, 1881) = Chelidonopsis hirundo
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) aegyptiaca Pallary, 1924 = Mutela rostrata

Mutela (s.s.) alata (Lea, 1864) = Mutela alata

Mutela (s.s.) alluaudi Germain, 1909 = Mutela alluaudi

Mutela (s.s.) angustata (Sowerby, 1868) = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) angustata var. curta Germain, 1906 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) angustata var. ponderosa Germain, 1906 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885 = Mutela bourguignati

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. smithi von Martens, 1897 = Mutela bourguignati
+ Mutela bourguignati E.A. Smith, 1892

Mutela (s.s.) bourguignati var. truncata von Martens, 1897 = Mutela bourguignati

Mutela (s.s.) chevalieri Germain, 1904 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) complanata (Jousseaume, 1886) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutela (s.s.) complanata mut. abbreviata (Germain, 1907) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutela (s.s.) complanata mut. elongata (Germain in Chevalier, 1907) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutela (s.s.) complanata var. curta (Germain, 1907) = Aspatharia dahomeyensis

Mutela (s.s.) dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina mutel Rang, 1835
+ Mutela adansoni Jousseaume, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) emini von Martens, 1897 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) falemeensis (Germain, 1907) = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) garambae praetenuis new subspecies = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) hargeri Smith, E.A., 1908 = Mutela hargeri

Mutela (s.s.) iris new species = Mutela mabilli

Mutela (s.s.) joubini (Germain, 1904) = Mutela joubini

Mutela (s.s.) langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Mutela langi

Mutela (s.s.) lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886 = Mutela soleniformis

Mutela (s.s.) lhotelleriana Preston, 1909 = Mutela mabilli

Mutela (s.s.) mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886) = Mutela mabilli
+ Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) mabilli var. frasi (Germain, 1907) = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) mabilli var. gaillardi (Germain, 1909) = Mutela joubini

Mutela (s.s.) monceti Bourguignat, 1886 = Mutela soleniformis

Mutela (s.s.) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) nilotica var. moineti Bourguignat, 1886 = Mutela soleniformis
+ Mutela jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Mutela visseri Bourguignat, 1886
+ Mutela vysseri Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) opalescens Preston, 1910 = Mutela alata

Mutela (s.s.) oudnoei Koenig, 1826 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) plicata (von Martens, 1866) = Mutela dubia
+ Mycetopus plicatus Sowerby, 1868

Mutela (s.s.) rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela rostrata
+ Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838
+ Mutelina legumen Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina thottoni Simpson, 1900

Mutela (s.s.) rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela legumen

Mutela (s.s.) simpsoni Ancey, 1894 = Mutela alata

Mutela (s.s.) singularis Pallary, 1924 = Mutela dubia

Mutela (s.s.) soleniformis Bourguignat, 1885 = Mutela soleniformis
+ Mutela bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886

Mutela (s.s.) subdiaphana Bourguignat, 1883 = Mutela bourguignati

Mutela (s.s.) welwitschii (Morelet, 1868) = Chambardia welwitschii

Parreysia acuminata (Adams, H., 1866) = Nitia acuminata
+ Unio caillaudi H. Adams, 1866

Parreysia bakeri (Adams, H., 1866) = Coelatura bakeri

Parreysia horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) = Coelatura horei

Parreysia leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898) = Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Parreysia lobensis Frierson, 1913 = Coelatura lobensis
+ Parreysia loboensis Frierson, 1913

Parreysia lourdeli (Bourguignat, 1887) = Nitia monceti
+ Unio lourdeli var. smithi Germain, 1906

Parreysia mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Prisodontopsis mweruensis
+ Unio (Nodularia) luapulaensis Preston, 1913

Parreysia mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) = Coelatura luapulaensis

Parreysia ngesiana (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura bakeri

Parreysia regis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura bakeri

Parreysia rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906) = Coelatura rothschildi

Parreysia stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897) = Coelatura stuhlmanni

Parreysia tsadianus (von Martens, 1903) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Parreysia ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) = Nyassunio ujijiensis
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885 = Euglesa giraudi

Pisidium hermosum Bourguignat, 1888 = Euglesa giraudi

Pisidium katangense new species = Euglesa keniana

Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911 = Euglesa keniana

Pisidium landeroini Germain, 1909 = Euglesa subtruncata

Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1891 = Euglesa langleyana

Pisidium ovampicum Ancey, 1890 = Euglesa ovampica

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881 = Euglesa pirothi

Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911 = Euglesa casertana

Pseudavicula johnstoni (Smith, E.A., 1893) = Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis

Pseudocorbicula alluaudi Dautzenberg, 1908 = Sphaerium nyanzae

Pseudospatha bourguignati (‘Joubert’ Bourguignat, 1886) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Pseudospatha subtriangularis (Bourguignat, 1886) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Burtonia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1886

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880)
+ Burtonia tanganikana Bourguignat, 1883
+ Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901
+ Burtonia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia magnifica Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia moineti Bourguignat, 1886

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis livingstoniana (Bourguignat, 1883) = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
+ Burtonia livingstoni Germain, 1905
+ Burtonia livingstonensis Simpson, 1900
+ Burtonia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886
+ Burtonia elongata Bourguignat, 1886

Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat, 1885

Soleilletia hamyana Bourguignat, 1885 = Soleilletia abbadiana

Sphaerium abyssinicum Pollonera, 1898 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium boccardi Pollonera, 1898 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium capense (Krauss, 1848)

Sphaerium congener Preston, 1912 = Sphaerium victoriae

Sphaerium courteti Germain, 1904 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium courteti var. marginatum Germain, 1908 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874)

Sphaerium iredalei Preston, 1912 = Sphaerium nyanzae

Sphaerium kigeziense Preston, 1912 = Euglesa keniana

Sphaerium mohasicum J. Thiele, 1911 = Sphaerium victoriae

Sphaerium naivashaensis Preston, 1912 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium nyanzae E.A. Smith, 1892

Sphaerium pharaonum “Bourguignat” Pallary, 1909 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium stuhlmanni E. v. Martens, 1897

Sphaerium subcapense Bourguignat, 1883 = Sphaerium hartmanni
+ Cyclas capensis Jickeli, 1874

Sphaerium teilhardi Pallary, 1909 = Sphaerium hartmanni

Sphaerium victoriæ E.A. Smith, 1906 = Sphaerium victoriae

Sphaerium vinosum Dupuis, 1924 = Sphaerium capense
+ Sphaerium capense Sowerby, 1878

Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866
+ Unio habessinicus Heuglin, 1868

Unio aeneus Jickeli, 1874 = Unio dembeae

Unio aferula Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio africanus Lea, 1856 = Unio caffer

Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae

Unio decampsianus Wattebled, 1884 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio campsianus Paetel, 1890

Unio dembeae Sowerby in Reeve, 1865
+ Unio dembea Bourguignat, 1885

Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 = Unio caffer
+ Unio diminutis Lea, 1859
+ Unio gratiosus Küster, 1861
+ Unio gracilis Jickeli, 1874

Unio duponti (Rochebrune, 1881) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Unio abyssinicus
+ Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886

Unio hauttecoeuri Bourguignat, 1883 = Coelatura hauttecoeuri
+ Unio edwardsianus Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio grantianus Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio grandidieri Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio duponti Bourguignat, 1883
+ Unio postumus Rochebrune, 1904
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. elongata Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. intermedia Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. curta Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. globosa Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri mut. compressa Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. lutescens Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. castanea Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. fusca Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. nigra Germain, 1906
+ Unio hauttecoeuri var. viridis Germain, 1906
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Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Unio ilqi Bourguignat, 1885 = Unio dembeae
+ Unio idgi Simpson, 1900
+ Unio ilqui Simpson, 1900

Unio jeanneli Germain, 1913 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio jourdyi Germain, 1912

Unio jickeli (Simpson, 1900) = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Unio teretiusculus Jickeli, 1874
+ Unio fourtaui Pallary, 1903

Unio juliani Rang, 1835 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio jullianus Jay, 1850
+ Nodularia (Coelatura) julieni Kobelt, 1910

Unio lacoini Germain, 1906 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. ex-forma elongata Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. ex-forma curta Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini var. compressa Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) lacoini variété chudeaui Germain, 1909

Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894 = Coelatura mossambicensis
+ Unio shireensis Preston, 1910
+ Unio lechaptoisi var. minor Martens, 1897

Unio mandinguorum (Rochebrune, 1882) = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) mandingoensis Kobelt, 1910

Unio natalensis Lea, 1864 = Unio caffer
+ Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885

Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889

Unio parreyssi ‘v. d. Busch’ Philippi, 1847 = Coelatura aegyptiaca
+ Unio parreissii Küster, 1862

Unio ratidotus Charmes, 1885 = Coelatura ratidota

Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912 = Unio caffer
+ Unio vicinus Preston, 1910

Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847 = Nitia teretiuscula
+ Margarita (Unio) cailliaudii Lea, 1836
+ Unio cailliaudi Martens, 1866
+ Unio lithophagus Philippi, 1847

Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856 = Unio caffer
+ Unio verreauxianus Lea, 1867

Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krauss, 1848 = Unio caffer

Unio (Cafferia) caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898 = Unio caffer

Unio (Cafferia) connollyi Pilsbry, 1923 = Unio caffer
+ Cafferia caffra obesa Connolly, 1925

 
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