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Publication Leloup (1950): summary
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Complete Citation

Leloup, E. 1950. Lamellibranches. Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946-1947) 3. 153 pp., 8 pls.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Caelatura Conrad, 1853
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)

Attributed Nominal Species

Aspatharia rubens Leloup, 1950
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 83, pl. 5, fig. 1. [in part]
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 56, pl. 11, fig. 3. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta rubens Lamarck, 1819)

Caelatura (Grandidieria) burtoni forma globosa Leloup, 1950
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 143, pl. 2, fig. D.
Coulter, 1991. unknown publication: 234, fig.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859)

Moncetia bourguignati Leloup, 1950
‘Ancey’ Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 98. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Moncetia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886)

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme bequaerti Leloup, 1950
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 122, figs. 56B, f9B, 60; pl. 5, fig. 5a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE IRSNB_MP_0480, Tanganika.

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme typica Leloup, 1950
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 111, figs. 53A, 54C-D, 56A, 57B, 60; pl. 7, fig. A.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Ruellania nyassaensis Leloup, 1950
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 113.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 31, figs. 5, 12-14; pl. 4, fig. 1.
(misidentified reference to Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

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