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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 Bourguignat (1885), 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

Bourguignat, J.R. 1885. Notice Prodromique sur les Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M. Victor Giraud dans les Région Méridionale du Lac Tanganyika. 110 pp.

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Attributed Genus Names

Cameronia Bourguignat, 1879
Bourguignat, 1879, Descr. Div. Espèces Terr. Fluv. Diff. Genres Moll. Égypte, Abyssinie, Zanzibar, Sénégal, Centre Afrique: 42.
Bourguignat, 1883, Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 19.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 106.
Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 66.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 26.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Type species: Iridina (Pleiodon) spekii Woodward, 1859 (orig. desig.) = Pleiodon spekii

Grandidieria Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 4.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 92.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 15.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41.
(renamed Ruellania Bourguignat, 1885)
Type species: Unio burtoni Woodward, 1859 (subsequent designation) = Grandidieria burtoni

Ruellania Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 92, footnote.
(new name for Grandidieria Bourguignat, 1885)

Attributed Species Names

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 incarnata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 101.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0134, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria mira Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 96.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0127, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 98.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0098, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat, 1885
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33a [as ‘Unio burtoni’].
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-31, Lake Tanganyika.

Grandidieria corbicula Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 100.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 10-12.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0020, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria granulosa Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 102.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, fig. 21.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0061, Pambete.

Corbicula tanganikana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 104.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, 8-10.
(new name for Corbicula radiata var. tanganyicensis Crosse, 1881)
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3542, Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika.

Pisidium giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 104.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, 5-7.

Grandidieria ujijensis Bourguignat, 1885
‘Crosse’ of Authors.
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22.
‘Crosse’ Daget, 1998, Cat. Bivalves Africains: 79 [as ‘Nyassunio ujijensis’].
(error for Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)

Grandidieria elongata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 94.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0056, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Cameronia giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 107.
Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 39.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0231, Mpala.

Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 9, pl. 1, figs. 7-9.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 21.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 43, pl. 19, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0024, Tanganyika.

Cameronia revoiliana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 107.
Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 67, 79.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 39.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 75.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0262, Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika).

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
‘Woodward’ E.A. Smith, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 33 [as ‘Unio burtoni’]. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 6.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-21, Lake Tanganyika.

Grandidieria giraudi Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 93, 95.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 20.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0050, Mpala, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7, pl. 1, figs. 1-6.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 11-16.
(renamed Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0029, Tanganyika.

Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 10, pl. 1, figs. 10-12.
Bourguignat, 1885, Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94, 103.
Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 41, pl. 18, figs. 17-19.
(renamed Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0112, Tanganyika.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cameronia giraudi

Cameronia revoiliana

Cameronia spekii (Woodward, 1859)
+ Pleiodon spekei E.A. Smith, 1880

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward)

Grandidieria corbicula sp. nov.

Grandidieria cyrenopsis Bourguignat

Grandidieria elongata spec. nov.

Grandidieria giraudi spec. nov.

Grandidieria granulosa sp. nov.

Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885

Grandidieria horei (Smith)

Grandidieria incarnata sp. nov.

Grandidieria mira spec. nov.

Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885

Grandidieria rotundata Bourguignat, 1885

Grandidieria servainiana Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881

Grandidieria smithi Bourguignat
+ Unio burtoni E.A. Smith, 1881

Grandidieria tanganikana (Bourguignat, 1885)
+ Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880

Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith)

Grandidieria ujijensis [sic] Bourguignat
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881

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