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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

nominal species Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 33, 39.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 57, pl. 26, figs. 3-5.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0212, Kibanga.

= Pseudospatha tanganyicensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Daget, 1998
- OMITTED — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1969
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pain & Woodward, 1968
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis forme livingstoniana (Bourguignat, 1883) — Leloup, 1950
+ Pseudospatha tanganyicensis livingstoniana (Bourguignat, 1883) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pseudospatha livingstonensis [sic] (Bourguignat, 1883) — Simpson, 1914
= Pseudospatha contorta Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910
= Burtonia contorta Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904
+ Pseudospatha livingstonensis [sic] (Bourguignat, 1883) — Simpson, 1900
= Burtonia contorta Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Burtonia contorta Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888
= Burtonia contorta sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886

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