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

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Publication Crosse (1881): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Crosse. 1881. Journal de Conchyliologie 29. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Corbicula radiata var. tanganyicensis Crosse, 1881
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 290.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Cyrena radiata Philippi, 1846; renamed Corbicula tanganikana Bourguignat, 1885)

Iridina exotica E.A. Smith, 1880
‘Lamarck’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1880. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 350.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 296.
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 292.
E.A. Smith, 1904. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6(2): 101.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948. Mém. Inst. Royal Colonial Belge: 52.
(misidentified reference to Iridina exotica Lamarck, 1819)

Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 294, var. B.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864; new name for Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-39, Lake Tanganyika.

 
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