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Publication Bourguignat (1888): summary
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Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1888. Iconographie Malacologique des Animaux Mollusques Fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika. 82 pp., 35 pls. 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

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

Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3 [nomen nudum].
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 486.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 47, pl. 21.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 191.
Type species: Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Attributed Nominal Species

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