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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Grandidieria burtoni

nominal species Unio rostralis Martens, 1897

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Unio rostralis Martens, 1897 = Grandidieria burtoni

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 238.
(homonym of Unio requieni var. rostralis de Joannis, 1859; new name for Grandidieria rostrata Bourguignat, 1885)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104830A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 108), Tanganyika, Kala.

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — IUCN, 2010

+ Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004

+ Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1969

+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950

+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1936

+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Simpson, 1914

= Unio rostralis Martens — E.A. Smith, 1904

+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Simpson, 1900

= Unio rostralis n. — Martens, 1897

 
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