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

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This page documents data for Kuiper (1966), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

Kuiper, J.G.J. 1966. Les espèces africaines du genre Pisidium, leur synonymie et leur distribution (Mollusca, Lamellibranchiata, Sphaeriidae). Annales Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale 151: 1-78.

Attributed Species Names

Pisidium casertanum Kuiper, 1966
‘Poli’ Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 44.
(misidentified reference to Cardium casertanum Poli, 1791)

Pisidium invenustum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 34, pl. 13, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium incomitatum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 60, pl. 14, figs. 10-11.

Pisidium montigenum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 41, pl. 9, figs. 1-3.

Pisidium masakaense Kuiper, 1966
‘Preston’ Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 39. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium ovampicum Ancey, 1890)

Pisidium mitjidense Kuiper, 1966
‘Clessin’ Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 51. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855)

Pisidium armillatum Kuiper, 1966
Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 33, pl. 6, figs. 5-8.

Pisidium kigeziense var. rugosiuscula Kuiper, 1966
‘Preston’ Kuiper, 1966, Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 151: 33. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn of Sphaerium kigeziense Preston, 1912)

Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium amnicum (Müller, 1774)

Pisidium armillatum n. sp.

Pisidium artifex Kuiper, 1960
+ Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1892

Pisidium betafoense Kuiper, 1953

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)
+ Pisidium lumstenianum Forbes, 1838
+ Pisidium canariense Shuttleworth, 1852
+ Pisidium lumsternianum Bourguignat, 1854
+ Pisidium watsoni Paiva, 1866
+ Pisidium planatum Ancey, 1906
+ Pisidium ruwenzoriense Germain, 1911
+ Pisidium (Fluminina) atlasicum Pallary, 1915
+ Pisidium edouardi Kuiper, 1953

Pisidium costulosum Connolly, 1931

Pisidium fistulosum Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
+ Pisidium hermosum Bourguignat, 1888

Pisidium harrisoni Kuiper, 1964

Pisidium incomitatum n. sp.

Pisidium invenustum n. sp.

Pisidium johnsoni E.A. Smith, 1882
+ Pisidium pauliani Kuiper, 1953

Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911
+ Sphaerium kigeziense Preston, 1912
+ Pisidium katangense Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932

Pisidium langleyanum Melvill & Ponsoby, 1891

Pisidium milium Held, 1836

Pisidium montigenum n. sp.

Pisidium ovampicum Ancey, 1890
+ Pisidium georgeanum Kuiper, 1952

Pisidium personatum Malm, 1855

Pisidium pirothi Jickeli, 1881
+ Pisidium (Fossarina) casertanum var. alexandrina Pallary, 1909
+ Pisidium clarckeanum Gardner, 1932
+ Pisidium costulosum Haas, 1936
+ Pisidium clarckeanum var. exilis Favre, 1943
+ Pisidium victoriae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
+ Pisidium lepus Kuiper, 1957
+ Pisidium lepus var. dampfi Kuiper, 1957

Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855
+ Pisidium (Eupera) landeroini Germain, 1909

Pisidium viridarium Kuiper, 1956

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