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species Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886: synonymy
36 specimens

Brazzaea anceyi Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 33.
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 61, pl. 28, figs. 1-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0191, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Brazzæa anceyi — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea anceyi — E.A. Smith (1906), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Bloomer (1931), Leloup (1950), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Brazzaea) anceyi — Haas (1969)

Brazzaea bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886
‘Joubert, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 45, 58.
‘Joubert’ Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 61, pl. 28, figs. 5-6.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0170, Kibanga.

Brazzæa bourguignati — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea bourguignati — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)
— Mandahl-Barth (1988)

Brazzaea bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 45, 54.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0187, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa bridouxi — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea bridouxi — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 52.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0224, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa charbonnieri — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea charbonieri [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea charbonnieri — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 50.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63, pl. 29, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0205, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Brazzæa coulboisi — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea culboisi [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea coulboisi — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)

Brazzaea elongata Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 51.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63, pl. 29, figs. 2-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0243, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Brazzæa elongata — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea elongata — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)

Brazzaea eximia Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 45, 57.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63, pl. 29, fig. 5.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0229, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Brazzæa anceyi — Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa eximia — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea anceyi var. eximia — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea anceyi — Simpson (1914), Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)

Brazzaea jouberti Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 48.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0251, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa jouberti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea jourdyi [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea jouberti — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 53.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0230, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa lavigeriana — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea lavigeriana — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea moineti Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 47.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0278, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa moineti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea moineti — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea newcombiana Bourguignat, 1886
‘Ancey in sched.’ Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 45, 55.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0279, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Brazzæa newcombiana — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea newcombiana — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea randabeli Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 46.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0289, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

— Simpson (1900)
Brazzæa randabeli — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea randabeli — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998)

Brazzaea ventrosa Bourguignat, 1886
Bourguignat, 1886. Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 44, 45.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 63, pl. 29, fig. 4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0310, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Brazzæa ventrosa — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea ventrosa — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969)
Brazzaea anceyi — Leloup (1950), Pain & Woodward (1968), Daget (1998), IUCN (2010)

Brazzaea jourdyi Simpson, 1900
‘Bourguignat’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 907.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 1374.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1374.
(error for Brazzaea jouberti Bourguignat, 1886)

Brazzaea anceyi — Daget (1998)

Brazzaea lavigerina Simpson, 1900
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 907.
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1374.
(error for Brazzaea lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886)

Brazzaea charbonieri Kobelt, 1910
‘Bourguignat’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 85.
(error for Brazzaea charbonnieri Bourguignat, 1886)

Brazzaea culboisi Kobelt, 1910
‘Bourguignat’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 85.
(error for Brazzaea coulboisi Bourguignat, 1886)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Brazzæa anceyi — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa bourguignati — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
— Simpson (1900), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Brazzæa coulboisi — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa elongata — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa ventrosa — Simpson (1900), E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa bridouxi — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa charbonnieri — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa eximia — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa jouberti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa lavigeriana — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa moineti — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa newcombiana — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzæa randabeli — E.A. Smith (1904)
Brazzaea anceyi — E.A. Smith (1906), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Bloomer (1931), Leloup (1950), ... Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Brazzaea bourguignati — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea bridouxi — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea charbonieri [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea culboisi [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea elongata — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea anceyi var. eximia — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea jourdyi [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Brazzaea lavigeriana — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea moineti — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea newcombiana — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea randabeli — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea ventrosa — Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea charbonnieri — Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea coulboisi — Simpson (1914)
Brazzaea jouberti — Simpson (1914)
Aspatharia (Brazzaea) anceyi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Brazzaea) anceyi — Haas (1969)

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