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

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Publication Bourguignat (1886): summary
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Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1886. Nouveautés Malacologiques: Unionidæ et Iridinidæ du Lac Tanganika. 93 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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

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

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 66 available nominal species attributed to this publication (80 total).
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