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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unionina | Unio caffer
nominal species Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 = Unio caffer
Krauss, 1848. Südafrik. Moll.: 18, pl. 1, fig. 14.
Type(s): TYPE SMF_XXX, Rivers of Natal.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 294.
= Unio caffer — Lyubas et al., 2022: Table S3.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 14.
= Unio caffer F. Krauss, 1848 — Bieler, 2021: 10, 20.
= Unio caffer — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021: Table S2.
= Unio caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Sonamzi et al., 2019: 1.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Froufe et al., 2016: 598.
= Unio caffer — Zieritz et al., 2015: 82.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Marshall et al., 2014: 190.
= Cafferia caffra — Reis et al., 2013: 22.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Whelan et al., 2011: 506.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Cafferia caffra Krauss, 1848 — Bogan, 2010: [5].
= Cafferia caffer — Jadhav & Jamkhedkar, 2009: 43.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Araujo et al., 2009: 132.
= Cafferia caffra — Hoeh et al., 2009: 310.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 304.
= Cafferia caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 187, fig. 33.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Marshall & Fenwick, 2006: 19, figs. 1A, B, E, F, I.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 348.
= Unio caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Soroka, 2005: 1138.
= Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krauss, 1848 — Graf, 2002: 66.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Graf, 2000: 16.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000: 160.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 68.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 32, figs. 136-139.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Appleton, 1979: 153, fig. 2A.
= Unio caffer Krauss — Heard & Vail, 1976: 45.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969: 155.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969: N420, fig. D18:2.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Modell, 1942: 188.
= Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939: 605.
= Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1936: 49, pl. 3, figs. 4a-b; pl. 4, figs. 1a-c.
= Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krauss — Thiele, 1934: 825, [1258].
= Cafferia caffra (Krs., 1848) — Connolly, 1931: 322, no. 576.
= Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krauss, 1848 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 379.
= Cafferia caffra (Krs.) — Connolly, 1925: [1].
= Unio caffer Krauss — Ortmann, 1918: 75.
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer Krauss, 1848 — Simpson, 1914: 574.
= Nodularia (Cafferia) caffra Krauss — Kobelt, 1910: 85.
= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Simpson, 1900: 825.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sturany, 1899: 626.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — E.A. Smith, 1891: 317.
= Margaron (Unio) caffer (Krauss) — Lea, 1870: 48.
= Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 41, sp. 226.
+ — Martens, 1860: 219.
= Unio (Hyridella) caffer Krauss — Adams & Adams, 1857: 493.
= Unio caffer Krauss — Hanley, 1856: 385, pl. 21, fig. 40.
= Unio caffer Krauss — Küster, 1856: 143, pl. 42, figs. 2-3.
= Margaron (Unio) caffer (Krauss) — Lea, 1852: 32.
= Unio caffer Krauss — Krauss, 1848: 18, pl. 1, fig. 14.
