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

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Publication E.A. Smith (1880): summary
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Complete Citation

Smith, E.A. 1880. Diagnosis of new shells from Lake Tanganyika, etc. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (5th series): 425-430. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio horei E.A. Smith, 1880
E.A. Smith, 1880. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 429.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 299, pl. 34, fig. 37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-42, Lake Tanganyika.

Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880
E.A. Smith, 1880. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 430.
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 229, pl. 34, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-36, Lake Tanganyika.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio horei = Coelatura horei

Unio thomsoni = Grandidieria burtoni

 
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