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nominal species Unio (Hyridella) fissidens O. Boettger, 1866

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Unio (Hyridella) fissidens O. Boettger, 1866 = Unio caffer

O. Boettger, 1866. Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 1885/86: 27, pl. 2, figs. 6-7.
LECTOTYPE SMF_3542 (by Haas, 1936: pl. 3, fig. 4b caption), Hygap östl. v. Keheum, S. Kalahari.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Nagel, 2025: 108, fig. 45.

lectotype SMF 3542/1 (by Haas, 1936: 48, pl. 3, fig. 4b (in figure legend) — South Africa, Botswana, “An demselben Orte wie die vorige Art” (= “Hygap-Fluss östlich von Keheum” [Nossob River?; “Keheum,” 26°50.5’S, 020°40.5’E...] (coll. O. Boettger 1886, leg. C. Nolte)

paralectotype SMF 3543/1v

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

holotype SMF_3342 — haut cours de l’Orange (R.S.A.).

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

+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939: 606.

Senckenberg

- UNASSIGNED — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 381.

= Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of U. fissidens) fissidens Böttger — Simpson, 1914: 584.

= Nodularia (Cafferia) fissidens Bttg. — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) fissidens Böttger — Simpson, 1900: 827.