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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Prisodontopsis mweruensis
nominal species Unio mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908
Unio mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908 = Prisodontopsis mweruensis
E.A. Smith, 1908. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 8: 13, text fig.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1907-11-11-33, Lake Mweru.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 292.
= Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 23.
= Mweruella mweruensis — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020: [5].
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Huang et al., 2019: Table S4.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [4], Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [4], Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [4], Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: [4], Table S1.
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017: Table S1.
= Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf et al., 2014: 303, figs. 1A-C.
= Mweruella mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Mweruella mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908 — Bogan, 2010: [22].
= Mweruella mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 309.
= Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Daget, 1998: 72.
= Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 27, figs. 118-119.
= Mweruella (s.s.) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Starobogatov, 1970: 73.
= Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Haas, 1969: 168.
= Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Haas, 1969: N418, fig. D19:6.
= Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Pain & Woodward, 1968: 201, pl. 3, figs. 3-5.
= Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Mandahl-Barth, 1968: 52, pl. 10, fig. 5.
= Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Haas, 1936: 63, pl. 6, figs. 3a-f.
= Parreysia mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 392, pl. 31, figs. 8-10.
= Parreysia mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Simpson, 1914: 1142.
= Unio mweruensis n. sp. — E.A. Smith, 1908: 13, text fig..
