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

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

O. Boettger, 1866. Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 1885/86: 26, pl. 2, fig. 5.
HOLOTYPE SMF_3541, Hygap östl. v. Keheum, S. Kalahari.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Nagel, 2025: 118, fig. 68.

holotype SMF 3541/1v — South Africa, Botswana “Hygap-Fluss östlich von Keheum” [Nossob River?; “Keheum”, 26°50.5’S 020°40.5’E...] (coll. O. Boettger 1886, leg. C. Nolte)

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Marshall & Fenwick, 2006: 19.

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

holotype SMF_3341 — 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: 382.

= Unio (sec. Cafferia) (Group of U. fissidens) hygapanus Böttger — Simpson, 1914: 585.

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

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