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

nominal species Unio aferula Lea, 1864

image of type lot

Unio aferula Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 34 [38], pl. 13, fig. 34 [as ‘aferulus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84058, L. Nyassa, Africa.

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

= Parreyssia [sic] aferula Lea — Kobelt, 1910

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

+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897

= Unio aferulus Lea, 1864 — Ancey, 1894

= Unio aferulus Lea — Bourguignat, 1889

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

= Unio nyassaënsis var.aferula Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1877

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

= Unio aferulus Lea, 1864 — Lea, 1866

 
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