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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) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Mweruella mweruensis — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Huang et al., 2019
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf et al., 2014
= Mweruella mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
= Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, 1908) — IUCN, 2010
= Mweruella mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908 — Bogan, 2010
= Mweruella mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Daget, 1998
= Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
= Mweruella (s.s.) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Starobogatov, 1970
= Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Haas, 1969
= Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Haas, 1969
= Mweruella mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Pain & Woodward, 1968
= Caelatura [sic] mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Mandahl-Barth, 1968
= Caelatura [sic] (Mweruella) mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Haas, 1936
= Parreysia mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Parreysia mweruensis (Smith, E.A., 1908) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio mweruensis n. sp. — E.A. Smith, 1908
