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

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Publication E.A. Smith (1880): summary
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Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1880. On the shells of Lake Tanganyika and the neighborhood of Ujiji, Central Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 344-352, 1 pl. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 2 available nominal species attributed to this publication (12 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Ætheria elliptica Lamarck = Etheria elliptica

Mutela exotica Lamarck = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823

Pleiodon spekei [sic] Woodward = Pleiodon spekii

Spatha alata Lea = Mutela alata

Spatha tanganyicensis = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Diplodon granosus
+ Unio niloticus Küster, 1856
+ Unio niloticus Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio parreyssi Philippi, 1848

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Unio caffer

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio tanganyicensis = Grandidieria burtoni