Publication Connolly (1939): summary

Full Citation

Connolly, M. 1939. A monographic study of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1-660, 19 pls.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925 = Coelatura mossambicensis

Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 265, pl. 12, figs. 1, 4.
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 611 [as ‘Unio framesi’].
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3545, Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal.

Aspatharia pfeifferiana ‘Bernardi’ of Authors = Aspatharia subreniformis

‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 615.
specimen image from publicationAppleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 164.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: ??.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860)

Corbicula quinzii Connolly, 1939 = Corbicula africana

Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 621.

Unio verreauxi ‘Kuster’ of Authors = 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

Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana + Aspatharia subreniformis

+ Aspatharia sinuata Connolly, 1931

+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883

+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886

+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897

+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898

+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913

+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) petersi Mts., 1859) = Chambardia petersi

+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krs., 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi

+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864

+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898

Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis Mts., 1897 = Chambardia wahlbergi

Mutela mabilli (Rchbr., 1886) = Mutela mabilli + Mutela zambesiensis

+ Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907

+ Mutela mabilli ‘Rochebrune’ of Authors

There are 47 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

+ Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838

Unio kunenensis Mouss., 1887 = Coelatura kunenensis + Leoparreysia tavoyensis

+ Nodularia croninae Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922

+ Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925

+ Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920

Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 = Unio caffer

+ Unio zeyheri Menke, 1849

+ Unio cyamus Philippi, 1853

+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856

+ Unio africanus Lea, 1856

+ Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868

+ Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885

+ Unio (Hyridella) fissidens O. Boettger, 1866

+ Unio (Hyridella) hygapanus O. Boettger, 1866

+ Unio caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898

+ Unio mashonae Preston, 1910

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Unio (Cafferia) caffer verreauxi [sic] Charp., Küster, 1855 = Unio caffer

+ Unio verreauxi ‘Kuster’ of Authors

+ Unio diminutis Lea, 1859

+ Unio diminutus Lea, 1859