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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Bourguignat (1883): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1883. Mollusques Fluviatiles du Nyanza Oukéréwé (Victoria-Nyanza), suivis d’une note sur les genres Cameronia et Burtonia du Tanganika.. 23 pp., 1 pl. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 10 available nominal species attributed to this publication (13 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

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

Cameronia spekei [sic] (Woodward, 1859) = Pleiodon spekii

Unio abyssinicus

Unio acuminatus Adams, 1866 = Nitia acuminata

Unio æneus = Unio dembeae

Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio dembeæ = Unio dembeae

Unio duponti = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio edwardsianus = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio grandidieri = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio grantianus = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio hauttecœuri = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Unio horei Smith, 1880 = Coelatura horei

Unio jickelii = Unio dembeae

Unio monceti = Nitia monceti

Unio ruellani = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

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

Unio thomsoni Smith, 1880 = Grandidieria burtoni

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

 
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