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

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Publication E.A. Smith (1881): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1881. On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 276-300. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

There is 1 available nominal species attributed to this publication (17 total).
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Taxonomic Opinions

Mutela exotica (Lamarck) = Mutela dubia
+ Iridina nilotica Cailliaud, 1823
+ Iridina elongata Sowerby & Sowerby, 1821

Pleiodon spekei [sic] Woodward, 1859 = Pleiodon spekii
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880

Spatha tanganyicensis Smith, 1880 = Pseudospatha tanganyicensis
+ Spatha tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Unio burtoni Woodward = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio horei Smith, 1880 = Coelatura horei

Unio niloticus Cailliaud = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio nyassensis Sowerby, 1868

Unio nyassaensis var. aferula Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio nyassaensis var. kirkii Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis = Nyassunio ujijiensis

Unio tanganyicensis Smith, 1880 = Grandidieria burtoni

Unio thomsoni Smith, 1880 = Grandidieria burtoni