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Publication Bourguignat (1879): summary
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Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1879. Description de Diverses Espèces Terrestres et Fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l’Égypte, de l’Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du centre de l’Afrique. 54 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

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

Attributed Nominal Species

Pliodon diolibanus Bourguignat, 1879
Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 47.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0207, Niger.

Pliodon elongatus Bourguignat, 1879
Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 47.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0046, Bakel, Senegal.

Pliodon letourneuxianus Bourguignat, 1879
Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 48.

Pliodon pachyodon Bourguignat, 1879
Bourguignat, 1879. Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 46.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0282, Bafing, affluent du Senegal.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cameronia spekii (Woodward, 1859) = Pleiodon spekii

Pliodon diolibanus = Pleiodon ovatus

Pliodon elongatus = Pleiodon ovatus

Pliodon letourneuxianus = Pleiodon ovatus

Pliodon macmurtriei Conrad = Pleiodon ovatus

Pliodon ovatus Swainson = Pleiodon ovatus

Pliodon pachyodon = Pleiodon ovatus

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