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nominal species Unio rugifer Küster, 1856

Unio rugifer Küster, 1856 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

specimen image from publication Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 157, pl. 45, fig. 3-4.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf et al., 2014: 312.

+ Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998: 25.

+ Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 10, 39.

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1969: 175.

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1936: 69.

= Caelatura [sic] rugifera (Küster) — Thiele, 1934: 818, [1248].

+ — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 385.

= Cælatura [sic] (Horusia) rugifer Küster — Pallary, 1924: 46.

+ Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1827) — Simpson, 1914: 1021.

= Nodularia (Coelatura) nilotica var. rugifera Kstr. — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Nodularia (Cælatura [sic]) rugifer Küster — Pallary, 1909: 77.

+ Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1827) — Simpson, 1900: 821.

= Unio rugifer Kstr. — Westerlund, 1890: 180.

+ Unio aegyptiacus Férussac — Kobelt, 1886: 25.

+ Unio aegyptiacus Fér. — Jickeli, 1874: 272.

= Unio rugifer Küster — Martens, 1866: 12.