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Publication Sturany (1899): summary

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Sturany, R. 1899. Catalog der bisher dekannt gewordenen Südafrikanischen land-und süsswasser-mollusken mit besonderer berücksichtigung des von Dr. Penther Gesammelten Materiales. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 537-642, 3 pls. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898 = Chambardia wahlbergi

Sturany, 1898. Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
specimen image from publication Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 628, pl. 3, fig. 66.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE NMW_XXX, Maitengue-Fluss, Matabeleland.

Unio caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898 = Unio caffer

Sturany, 1898. Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
specimen image from publication Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 627, pl. 3, figs. 64-65.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio caffer Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): SYNTYPES NMW_XXX, Panda ma tinka (Zambezi drainage).

Unio verreauxi E.A. Smith, 1891 = Unio caffer

‘Kuster’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1891. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8: 319.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 627.
Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [1].
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 608.
Heard & Vail, 1976. Zool. Africana 11(1): 45.
(error for Unio verrauxi Küster, 1856)

Taxonomic Opinions

Spatha maitenguensis n. sp. = Chambardia wahlbergi

Spatha petersi von Martens, 1860 = Chambardia petersi
+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864

Spatha wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864

Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis von Martens, 1896 = Chambardia wahlbergi

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio africanus Lea, 1856
+ Unio caffer Küster, 1856
+ Unio caffer Küster, 1856
+ Unio natalensis Lea, 1864
+ Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885

Unio caffer var. pentheri n. = Unio caffer

Unio kunenensis Mousson, 1887 = Coelatura kunenensis

Unio mossambicensis (Peters, mscr. bei Martens, 1860) = Coelatura mossambicensis

Unio verreauxi [sic] (Charpenier) Küster, 1856 = Unio caffer

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