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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Grandidieria burtoni

nominal species 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)

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950
+ Grandidieria tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Grandidieria tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Simpson, 1914
+ Grandidieria tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio tanganyicensis E. Smi., 1880 — Martens, 1897
= Grandidieria tanganikana Bourg. — Sturany, 1894
= Grandidieria tanganikana Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Grandidieria tanganikana (Bourguignat, 1885) — Bourguignat, 1886
= Grandidieria tanganikana (Bourguignat, 1885) — Bourguignat, 1885
= Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883 — Bourguignat, 1883

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