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

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genus Nyassunio Haas, 1936: synonymy
     2 Recent valid species (2 total species)

Nyassunio Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 85.
Type species: Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 (orig. desig.) = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Nyasscenio Salisbury, 1948
Salisbury, 1948. Zool. Rec. 82: 81.
(error for Nyassunio Haas, 1936)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
UnioE.A. Smith (1904), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Parreyssia [sic]Kobelt (1910)
ParreysiaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Leloup (1950)
NyassunioHaas (1936), Crowley et al. (1964), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), ... Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)
IndonaiaCrowley et al. (1964)
Parreysia (Nyassunio)Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic]Appleton (1979), Mandahl-Barth (1988), Slugina (2006)
CoelaturaDaget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004)

 
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