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

nominal species Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886

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Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886 = Coelatura disciformis

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 10.
Type(s): TYPE MNHN_MP_0042, Mokoka (Congo).

= Coelatura disciformis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — 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] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1969

+ Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1936

+ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Nodularia disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886) — Simpson, 1914

= Zairia disciformis Rochebrune — Kobelt, 1910

+ Simpson, 1900

= Zairia disciformisRochebrune, 1886

 
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