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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. Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles Recueillis par M. Paul Soleillet dans son Voyage au Choa (Éthiopie Méridionale). 48 pp., 1 pl.

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Attributed Genus Names

Soleilletia Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 32.
Type species: Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat, 1885 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 345) = Soleilletia abbadiana

Attributed Species Names

Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 39.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0105, Lac Haoussa.

Corbicula soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 36, figs. 12-12’.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_3536, Lac Aoussa.

Corbicula callipyga Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 37, figs. 13-13’.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3442, Lac Aoussa.

Corbicula gravieriana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 38, figs. 14-14’.

Soleilletia abbadiana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 34, figs. 15-18.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_23201, Lac Haoussa.

Soleilletia hamyana Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 35.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_3519, Lac Haoussa.

Unio dembea Bourguignat, 1885
‘Rossmässler, in: Reeve’ Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 38.
(error for Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865)

Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 43.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0344, dans le Guebe, affluente l’Oromo (Choa).

Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, 1885
Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 42.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0154, Lac Haoussa.

Unio ilqi Bourguignat, 1885
‘Soleillet, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 40.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0158, Bords du lac Haoussa, voyage au Choa.

Unio meneliki Bourguignat, 1885
‘Soleillet’ Bourguignat, 1885, Moll. Terr. Fluv. Choa: 41.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0126, lac Haouach, Choa.

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, sp. nov.

Unio dembea [sic] ‘Rossmässler, in: Reeve’

Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, sp. nov.

Unio ilqi Soleillet, in litt.

Unio meneliki ‘Soleillet’, sp. nov.

Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, sp. nov.

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