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

nominal species Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912

Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912 = Unio caffer

Preston, 1912. Nautilus 26: 35.
(new name for Unio vicinus Preston, 1910)

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

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

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

= Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912 — Simpson, 1914

 
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