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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nyassunio nyassaensis

nominal species Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864

image of type lot

Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 108.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 33 [37], pl. 12, fig. 32.
(renamed Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84057, L. Nyassa, Africa.

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Bolotov et al., 2024

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Bolotov et al., 2022

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Bolotov et al., 2022

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Nyassunio nyassaensisOrtiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Graf & Cummings, 2011

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — IUCN, 2010

= Nyassunio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — Bogan, 2010

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Coelatura nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Daget, 1998

= Caelatura [sic] nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

= Caelatura [sic] nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Appleton, 1979

= Parreysia (Nyassunio) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1969

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1969

= Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964

= Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950

= Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1936

= Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1914

= Parreyssia [sic] nyassaënsis Lea — Kobelt, 1910

= Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897

= Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — Ancey, 1894

+ Unio nyassanus Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889

= Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1881

= Unio nyassaënsis Lea — E.A. Smith, 1877

= Margaron (Unio) nyassaensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

= Unio nyassensis [sic] Lea, 1864 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — Lea, 1866

 
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