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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nitia

species Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883): synonymy
     72 specimens + 5 Genbank vouchers

Unio acuminatus Martens, 1879
‘Adams’ Martens, 1879. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1879: 105.

Nitia moncetiDaget (1998)

Unio monceti Bourguignat, 1883
Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 15, figs. 13-15.

Parreysia (s.s.) moncetiSimpson (1900)
Parreyssia [sic] moncetiKobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) moncetiSimpson (1914)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia moncetiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Caelatura [sic] moncetiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura moncetiScholz & Glaubrecht (2004)

Unio lourdeli Bourguignat, 1887
Bourguignat, 1887. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 4: 271.

Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) lourdelli [sic]Simpson (1900)
Unio lourdeliE.A. Smith (1906)
Nodularia (Cafferia) lourdeliKobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) lourdeliSimpson (1914)
Parreysia lourdeliPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia moncetiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)
Caelatura [sic] moncetiMandahl-Barth (1988)

Unio lourdeli var. smithi Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 306.

Unio (sec. Cafferia) lourdeli var. smithiSimpson (1914)
Parreysia lourdeliPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia moncetiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Unio monceti var. rubra Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 306.

Unio (sec. Cafferia) monceti var. rubraSimpson (1914)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia moncetiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)

Unio lourdelli Simpson, 1900
‘Bourguignat’ Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 826.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.) moncetiSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) lourdelli [sic]Simpson (1900)
Unio lourdeliE.A. Smith (1906)
Parreyssia [sic] moncetiKobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Cafferia) lourdeliKobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) moncetiSimpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) lourdeliSimpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) lourdeli var. smithiSimpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) monceti var. rubraSimpson (1914)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Parreysia lourdeliPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia moncetiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Van Damme & Pickford (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Caelatura [sic] moncetiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura moncetiScholz & Glaubrecht (2004)

 
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