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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura mesafricana

nominal species Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura mesafricana

Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 402, pl. 32, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72093, Garamba River, 04°10’N, 29°40’E, Belgian Congo [Zaire], Africa.

= Coelatura mesafricana

Taxonomic Opinions

= Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Coelatura cf. mesafricana — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Graf et al., 2014

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Graf & Cummings, 2011

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) — IUCN, 2010

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

= Mesafra mesafricana mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Haas, 1969

= Mesafra mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Haas, 1969

= Caelatura [sic] mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Mandahl-Barth, 1968

= Mesafra mesafricana mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Haas, 1936

= Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927