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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio caffer

nominal species Unio charon Preston, 1910

Unio charon Preston, 1910 = Unio caffer

Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 60, pl. 4, fig. 6.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MRAC_56592, Brit. C. Afr.: Silongwe.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2011

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969

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

+ — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Unio charon Preston, 1910 — Simpson, 1914