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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Grandidieria burtoni

nominal species Unio thomsoni E.A. Smith, 1880

E.A. Smith, 1880, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 430.
E.A. Smith, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 229, pl. 34, fig. 36.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-36, Lake Tanganyika.

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — IUCN, 2010
- OMITTED — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1969
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1936
= Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio thomsoni Smith — E.A. Smith, 1904
= Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio thomsoni E. Smi., 1880 — Martens, 1897
+ Grandidieria ujijensis [sic] Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Grandidieria thompsoni [sic] (Smith, 1881) — Bourguignat, 1886
= Grandidieria thomsoni (Smith) — Bourguignat, 1885
= Unio thomsoni Smith, 1880 — Bourguignat, 1883
= Unio thomsoni Smith, 1880 — E.A. Smith, 1881
= Unio thomsoni — E.A. Smith, 1880

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