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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura aegyptiaca

nominal species Unio rugifer Küster, 1856

Unio rugifer Küster, 1856 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

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

= Coelatura aegyptiaca

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998

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

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

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

= Caelatura [sic] rugifera (Küster) — Thiele, 1934

+ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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

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

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

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

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

= Unio rugifer Kstr. — Westerlund, 1890

+ Unio aegyptiacus Férussac — Kobelt, 1886

+ Unio aegyptiacus Fér. — Jickeli, 1874

= Unio rugifer Küster — Martens, 1866

= Unio rugifer Küster — Küster, 1856

 
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