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

nominal species Caelatura (Laevirostris?) rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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Caelatura (Laevirostris?) rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura disciformis

specimen image from publicationPilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 405, pl. 33, figs. 5-5a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_133847, Leopoldville, Africa.

= Coelatura disciformis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886) — Graf & Cummings, 2021

= Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Graf & Cummings, 2011

= Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — IUCN, 2010

= Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Bogan, 2010

= Coelatura rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Graf & Cummings, 2007

= Coelatura rotula (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Graf & Cummings, 2006

+ Caelatura [sic] (Horusia) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) — Ibrahim et al., 1999

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1969

+ Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignati (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1936

= Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) rotula (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

 
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