MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unionina | Unio caffer
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.
LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] USNM_85233 (by R.I. Johnson, 1974: 11), C. Good Hope.
Taxonomic Opinions
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 69.
type USNM_xxx — Cap de Bonne Espérance.
- UNASSIGNED — R.I. Johnson, 1974: 11.
holotype USNM_85233 — Cape of Good Hope.
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss) — Haas, 1969: 155.
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939: 605.
Washington
= Unio africanus Lea, 1856 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 378.
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of U. caffer) caffer var. africanus Lea — Simpson, 1914: 576.
= Nodularia (Cafferia) caffra var. africana Lea — Kobelt, 1910: 85.
= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. africana Lea — 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.
