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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura

species Coelatura disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886): synonymy

31 specimens

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Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 13.
(homonym of Unio bourguignati Landrin, 1864)
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_1547, Gancini (Congo).

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) aegyptiacaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignatiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura gabonensisDaget (1998)
Caelatura [sic] (Horusia) bourguignatiIbrahim et al. (1999)
Coelatura stagnorumGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Coelatura rotulaGraf & Cummings (2011)

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Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886

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

Zairia disciformisKobelt (1910)
Nodularia disciformisSimpson (1914)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegansHaas (1936), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura gabonensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)
Caelatura [sic] (Horusia) bourguignatiIbrahim et al. (1999)
Coelatura disciformisGraf & Cummings (2021)

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Caelatura (Laevirostris?) rotula Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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

Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) rotulaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignatiHaas (1936), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura gabonensisDaget (1998)
Caelatura [sic] (Horusia) bourguignatiIbrahim et al. (1999)
Coelatura rotulaGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Coelatura disciformisGraf & Cummings (2021)

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Unio waelbroucki of Authors, unknown year

Dupuis & Putzeys IRSNB & MRAC Collections of Authors.
Type(s): MANUSCRIPT NAME MRAC_56415, Kinshasa.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) aegyptiacaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Zairia disciformisKobelt (1910)
Nodularia disciformisSimpson (1914)
Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris) rotulaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris) bourguignatiHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegansHaas (1936), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] bourguignatiMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura gabonensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)
Caelatura [sic] (Horusia) bourguignatiIbrahim et al. (1999)
Coelatura stagnorumGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010)
Coelatura rotulaGraf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Coelatura disciformisGraf & Cummings (2021)

 
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