MolluscaBase taxon details
Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
1307802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1307802)
accepted
Species
Burtonia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia elongata Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia livingstoniana Bourguignat, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Burtonia magnifica Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia moineti Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudospatha tanganyicensis f. bequaerti Leloup, 1950 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spatha tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Forma Pseudospatha tanganyicensis f. bequaerti Leloup, 1950 accepted as Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Spatha tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). On the shells of Lake Tanganyika and of the neighbourhood of Ujiji, Central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 344-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522492
page(s): 350, pl. 31, figs 8, 8a. [details]
page(s): 350, pl. 31, figs 8, 8a. [details]
Type locality contained in Tanganyika, Lake
type locality contained in Tanganyika, Lake [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Spatha tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). On the shells of Lake Tanganyika and of the neighbourhood of Ujiji, Central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 344-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522492
page(s): 350, pl. 31, figs 8, 8a. [details]
original description (of Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901) Mabille, J. (1901). Testarum novarum diagnoses. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> ser. 9, 3: 56-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31966579
page(s): 58. [details]
original description (of Burtonia moineti Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 33. [details]
original description (of Burtonia elongata Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 34. [details]
original description (of Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 35. [details]
original description (of Burtonia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 36. [details]
original description (of Burtonia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 37. [details]
original description (of Burtonia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 38.; note: Name attributed to Joubert in litt. [details]
original description (of Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 39. [details]
original description (of Burtonia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 40. [details]
original description (of Burtonia magnifica Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 41. [details]
original description (of Burtonia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 42. [details]
original description (of Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 446, pl. 45, fig. 5, 7. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 446, pl. 45, fig. 6. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pseudospatha tanganyicensis f. bequaerti Leloup, 1950) Leloup, E. (1950). Lamellibranches. Exploration hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947), Résultats scientifiques, 3 (1): 1–153, pl. 1–8. [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 350, pl. 31, figs 8, 8a. [details]
original description (of Burtonia foai Mabille, 1901) Mabille, J. (1901). Testarum novarum diagnoses. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> ser. 9, 3: 56-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31966579
page(s): 58. [details]
original description (of Burtonia moineti Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 33. [details]
original description (of Burtonia elongata Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 34. [details]
original description (of Burtonia subtriangularis Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 35. [details]
original description (of Burtonia lavigeriana Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 36. [details]
original description (of Burtonia bridouxi Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 37. [details]
original description (of Burtonia bourguignati Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 38.; note: Name attributed to Joubert in litt. [details]
original description (of Burtonia contorta Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 39. [details]
original description (of Burtonia jouberti Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 40. [details]
original description (of Burtonia magnifica Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 41. [details]
original description (of Burtonia grandidieriana Bourguignat, 1886) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1886). Nouveautés malacologiques. 1°. Unionidae et Iridinidae du Lac de Tanganika, 1-93. Paris (Mme Ve Tremblay)
page(s): 42. [details]
original description (of Pseudospatha ortmanni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 446, pl. 45, fig. 5, 7. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pseudospatha stappersi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 446, pl. 45, fig. 6. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pseudospatha tanganyicensis f. bequaerti Leloup, 1950) Leloup, E. (1950). Lamellibranches. Exploration hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947), Résultats scientifiques, 3 (1): 1–153, pl. 1–8. [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Pseudospatha tanganyicensis)
To Conchology (Pseudospatha tanganyicensis)
To Conchology (Pseudospatha tanganyicensis)
To Conchology (Pseudospatha tanganyicensis)
To Conchology (Pseudospatha tanganyicensis)
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