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nominal species Unio africanus Lea, 1856

Unio africanus Lea, 1856 = Unio caffer

Lea, 1856. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 300 [20], pl. 27, fig. 15.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85233, C. Good Hope.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 69.

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969: 155.

+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939: 605.

= Unio africanus Lea, 1856 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 378.

= Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. africanus Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1914: 576.

= Nodularia (Cafferia) caffra var. africana Lea — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. africana (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900: 825.

+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sturany, 1899: 626.

+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — E.A. Smith, 1891: 317.

= Margaron (Unio) africanus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 48.

+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sowerby, 1866: pl. 41, sp. 226, errata.

= Unio africanus Lea, 1856 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 22, sp. 100.