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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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species Coelatura stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: synonymy
     22 specimens + 3 Genbank vouchers

Caelatura (s.s.) stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 403, pl. 32, figs. 3-4; pl 33, fig. 3.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE AMNH_72094, Congo River at Stanleyville, Belgian Congo.

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) stanleyvillensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegansHaas (1936), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensisMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura gabonensisDaget (1998), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Coelatura stanleyvillensisVan Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Coelatura cf. stanleyvillensisOrtiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) stanleyvillensisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegansHaas (1936), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensisMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura gabonensisDaget (1998), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Coelatura stanleyvillensisVan Damme & Pickford (2010), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Coelatura cf. stanleyvillensisOrtiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020)

 
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