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

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nominal species Cameronia gigantea Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66, 68.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75, pl. 35, fig. 1.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0239, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

= Pleiodon spekii

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998
+ Mutela spekei [sic] (Woodward, 1859) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Haas, 1969
+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Pain & Woodward, 1964
+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Leloup, 1950
+ Iridina (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii (Woodward, 1859) — Simpson, 1914
= Cameronia spekei var. gigantea Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910
= Pleiodon gigantea Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904
+ Pleiodon (Cameronia) spekii Woodward, 1859 — Simpson, 1900
= Cameronia gigantea Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Cameronia gigantea Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1888
= Cameronia gigantea sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1886

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