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Publication Bourguignat (1885): attributed nominal species
publication summary

Complete Citation

Bourguignat, J.R. 1885. Notice Prodromique sur les Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans les Région Méridionale du Lac Tanganyika. 110 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 107.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 39.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0231, Mpala.

Cameronia revoiliana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 107.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67, 79.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 39.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0262, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Corbicula tanganikana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 104.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, 8-10.
(new name for Corbicula radiata var. tanganyicensis Crosse, 1881)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3542, Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika.

Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 100.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 10-12.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0020, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 9, pl. 1, figs. 7-9.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0024, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0056, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 95.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0050, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria granulosa Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 102.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, fig. 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0061, Pambete.

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7, pl. 1, figs. 1-6.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 11-16.
(renamed Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0029, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria incarnata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 101.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0134, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 96.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0127, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 10, pl. 1, figs. 10-12.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 103.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 17-19.
(renamed Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0112, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 98.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0098, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33 [as ‘Unio burtoni’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 6.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-21, Lake Tanganyika.

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33a [as ‘Unio burtoni’].
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-31, Lake Tanganyika.

Grandidieria ujijensis Bourguignat, 1885
‘Crosse’ of Authors.
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
‘Crosse’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 79 [as ‘Nyassunio ujijensis’].
(error for Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 104.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, 5-7.

Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351 [as ‘Unio tanganyicensis’].
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 18.
Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 102 [as ‘Grandidieria tanganikana’].
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22 [as ‘Grandidieria tanganikana’].
(new name for Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

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