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 tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

E.A. Smith, 1880, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351, pl. 31, figs. 9-9a.
E.A. Smith, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 298, pl. 34, fig. 35.
(renamed Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_80-3-5-39, Lake Tanganyika.

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — IUCN, 2010
+ Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
= Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1969
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950
= Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1936
+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= 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 (Bourguignat, 1885) — Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria tanganikana (Bourguignat, 1885) — Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio tanganikanus Bourguignat, 1883 — Bourguignat, 1883
= Unio tanganyicensis Smith, 1880 — E.A. Smith, 1881

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