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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Coelatura Conrad, 1853: synonymy

24 Recent freshwater species (25 total species)

Synonymy

Caelatura Conrad, 1853

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909. Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921. Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927. Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929. Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937. Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949. J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980. Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987. Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999. EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Coelatura Conrad, 1853

Conrad, 1853. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268 [as ‘Cœlatura’].
(correct name for Caelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 (monotypy) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Zairia Rochebrune, 1886

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 10.
Type species: Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura gabonensis

Reneus Jousseaume, 1886

Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 481.
(renamed Renatus Rochebrune, 1904)
Type species: Reneus reneus Jousseaume, 1886 (tautonomy) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886

Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3 [nomen nudum].
Jousseaume, 1886. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 486.
Bourguignat, 1888. Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 47, pl. 21.
Bourguignat, 1889. Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 191.
Type species: Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Laevirostris Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 894 [as ‘Lævirostris’].
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1308.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Diplodon Wagner, 1827)
Type species: Unio stagnorum Dautzenberg, 1890 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura stagnorum

Renatus Rochebrune, 1904

Rochebrune, 1904. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 257.
(new name for Reneus Jousseaume, 1886)
Type species: Reneus reneus Jousseaume, 1886 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Horusia Pallary, 1924

Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 43.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio rugifer Küster, 1856 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Iaronia Pallary, 1924

Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 44, 49.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Corlatura Preston, 1930

‘Conrad’ Preston, 1930. Zool. Rec. 66: 88.
(error for Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Rhytidonaia Haas, 1936

Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 65.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Caelatura graueri Haas, 1927 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Kalliphenga Haas, 1936

Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 72.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio ruellani Bourguignat, 1883 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Mesafra Haas, 1936

Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 83.
Type species: Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura mesafricana

Afroparreysia Haas, 1936

Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 84.
Type species: Parreysia lobensis Frierson, 1913 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura lobensis

Afronaia Haas, 1962

Haas, 1962. Arch. Moll. 91: 215.
Type species: Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura mossambicensis

Zairiella Haas, 1962

Haas, 1962. Arch. Moll. 91: 215.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Caelatura (Zairia) cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954 (original designation) = Coelatura cridlandi

Zaira Simpson, 1900

Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 862.
(error for Zairia Rochebrune, 1886)
Type species: Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura gabonensis

Jaronia Thiele, 1934

‘Pallary’ Thiele, 1934. Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 818 [1248].
(error for Iaronia Pallary, 1924)
Type species: Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Zairella Millard, 2001

‘Haas’ Millard, 2001. Class. Moll. (3): 1064.
(error for Zairiella Haas, 1962)
Type species: Caelatura (Zairia) cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954 = Coelatura cridlandi

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Coelatura, since 1900.

Diplodon (Laevirostris) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) — Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio — Pallary (1903), E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), IUCN (1996)
Unio (Nodularia) — Germain (1907), Germain (1907), Germain (1907)
Unio (Grandidieria) — Germain (1907)
Nodularia (Cælatura [sic]) — Pallary (1909), Germain (1919)
Pharaonia — Pallary (1909)
Nodularia (Coelatura) — Kobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Cafferia) — Kobelt (1910)
Parreyssia [sic] — Kobelt (1910)
Zairia — Kobelt (1910)
Parreysia — Frierson (1913), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Bloomer (1932)
Grandidieria — Simpson (1914), Crowley et al. (1964)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) — Simpson (1914)
Nodularia — Simpson (1914), Germain (1925)
Nodularia (Caelatura [sic]) — Germain (1921)
Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) — Pallary (1924), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) — Pallary (1924)
Unio (Iaronia) — Pallary (1924)
Indonaia — Connolly (1925), Connolly (1931), Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939), Crowley et al. (1964)
Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Cælatura [sic] — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Bloomer (1932)
Caelatura [sic] — Haas (1927), Haas (1929), Thiele (1934), Haas (1940), Modell (1942), ... Fischer-Piette & Métivier (1974), Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980), Curtis & Appleton (1987), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) — Thiele (1934), Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Caelatura [sic] (Rhytidonaia) — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) — Haas (1936), Dartevelle & Schwetz (1937), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga) — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mesafra — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Afroparreysia — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] — Leloup (1950), Van Damme (1984), Sleem & Ali (2008)
Nyassunio — Crowley et al. (1964)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairiella) — Haas (1969)
Afronaia — Haas (1969)
Zairiella — Starobogatov (1970)
Coelatura — Daget (1998), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Hoeh et al. (2001), Hoeh et al. (2002), Roe & Hoeh (2003), ... Chen et al. (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024), Zieritz et al. (2024), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025)
Caelatura [sic] (Iaronia) — Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Caelatura [sic] (Horusia) — Ibrahim et al. (1999)

 
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