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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 | Nyassunio species Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881): synonymy 7 specimens Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881
E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 298, pl. 34, fig. 34a. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864; homonym of Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880; renamed Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881) Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-39, Lake Tanganyika.
Parreysia (s.s.) ujijiensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Parreysia ujijiensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Nyassunio ujijiensis — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2011) Parreysia nyassaensis — Leloup (1950) Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964) Caelatura [sic] ujijiensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Nyassunio ujijensis [sic] — Daget (1998) Coelatura ujijiensis — Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004) | |
Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881
Crosse, 1881. J. de Conch. 29: 294, var. B. (intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864; new name for Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881) Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-39, Lake Tanganyika.
— Simpson (1914) Parreysia ujijiensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Nyassunio ujijiensis — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) Parreysia nyassaensis — Leloup (1950) Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964) Caelatura [sic] ujijiensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Slugina (2006) Nyassunio ujijensis [sic] — Daget (1998) Coelatura ujijiensis — Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004) | |
Ruellania nyassaensis Leloup, 1950 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 113. Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 31, figs. 5, 12-14; pl. 4, fig. 1. (misidentified reference to Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964) Caelatura [sic] ujijiensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988) Nyassunio ujijensis [sic] — Daget (1998) | |
Grandidieria ujijensis Bourguignat, 1885 ‘Crosse’ of Authors. Bourguignat, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 7. Bourguignat, 1885. Notice Prodr. Moll. Giraud Tanganika: 94. Bourguignat, 1886. Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 22. ‘Crosse’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 79 [as ‘Nyassunio ujijensis’]. (error for Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)
Unio ujijensis — E.A. Smith (1904) | |
Unio ujijiensis Bourguignat, 1883 ‘Crosse’ Bourguignat, 1883. Moll. Fluv. Nyanza: 18. (reference to Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)
Parreysia (s.s.) ujijiensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Parreyssia [sic] ujijiensis — Kobelt (1910) Nyassunio ujijensis [sic] — Daget (1998) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Parreysia (s.s.) ujijiensis — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio ujijensis — E.A. Smith (1904) Parreyssia [sic] ujijiensis — Kobelt (1910) — Simpson (1914) Parreysia ujijiensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Nyassunio ujijiensis — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) Parreysia nyassaensis — Leloup (1950) Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964) Caelatura [sic] ujijiensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988), Slugina (2006) Nyassunio ujijensis [sic] — Daget (1998) Coelatura ujijiensis — Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004)
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