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Publication Bourguignat (1889): summary
publication summary Complete CitationBourguignat, J.R. 1889. Mollusques de l’Afrique Équatoriale de Moguedouchou a Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 229 pp., 8 pls. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal GeneraPharaonia 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 Spathella Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 195.
(homonym of J. Hall, 1885 [Modiomorphidae]; intro'd as sub-gen. of Spatha Lea, 1838; renamed Leptospatha Rochebrune & Germain, 1904)
Type species: Spatha petersi Martens, 1860 (sub. desig. by Bourguignat, 1889: 195, footnote) = Chambardia petersi Attributed Nominal SpeciesCorbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1889
 Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_3510, Kyngani. | |
Corbicula subtruncata Germain, 1906
 Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula subtruncatula’]. [nomen nudum]
“Bourguignat” Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 12: 582, fig. 17c.
(correct name for Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3544, fleuve Kingani. | |
Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190. [nomen nudum]
(incorrect original spelling of Corbicula subtruncata Germain, 1906) | |
Corbicula subtruncata var. aegyptiaca Germain, 1909
 Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 190 [as ‘Corbicula ægyptiaca’]. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1909. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 15(7): 582, fig. 17b.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): TYPES MNHN_MP_3498, Egypte / Kyngani. | |
Spatha bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
 ‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 12.
‘Ancey, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 197, pl. 8, fig. 1-2.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0169, Côte meridionale de l’Oukerewe. | |
Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat, 1889
 Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 14. [nomen nudum]
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 198, pl. 8, fig. 3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0177, Makata, affluent superior du Vouami (Ousaghara). | |
Spathella nyassana Bourguignat, 1889
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 39.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 196.
(new name for Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864) | |
Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat, 1889
 Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 199, pl. 8, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0305, Cours du Magogo, a Ounyangouira (Ougogo). | |
Taxonomic OpinionsCorbicula ægyptiaca Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis Corbicula degousei Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis Corbicula subtruncatula Bourguignat, 1885 = Corbicula fluminalis Pharaonia bellamyi (Jousseaume) = Coelatura aegyptiaca Pharaonia bourguignati (de Rochebrune) = Coelatura disciformis Pharaonia essoensis (Chaper) = Coelatura essoensis Pharaonia juliani (Rang) = Coelatura aegyptiaca Spathella adansoni Jousseaume = Chambardia wahlbergi Spathella bloyeti Bourguignat = Chambardia bourguignati Spathella bourguignati Ancey, in litt. = Chambardia bourguignati Spathella nyassana Bourguignat = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spatha nyassaensis Lea, 1864 Spathella petersi Bourguignat = Chambardia petersi Spathella pfeifferiana Bourguignat = Aspatharia pfeifferiana Spathella protchei Rochebrune = Aspatharia pfeifferiana Spathella sinuata Bourguignat = Aspatharia pfeifferiana Spathella spathuliformis Bourguignat = Chambardia bourguignati Spathella wahlbergi Bourguignat = Chambardia wahlbergi Unio billottianus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota Unio dumesnilianus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota Unio euphymus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota Unio ledoulxianus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota Unio mossambicensis Peters mss, in Martens = Coelatura mossambicensis Unio ratidotus Charmes = Coelatura ratidota
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