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

nominal species Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909

image of type lot

Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909 = Coelatura gabonensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 5.
(homonym of Unio subniger Lea, 1857; renamed Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56798, Lower Belgian Congo.

= Coelatura gabonensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) — IUCN, 2010

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Graf & Cummings, 2006

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

+ Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1969

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

+ Cælatura [sic] putzeysi (Preston, 1912) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Nodularia subnigra (Preston, 1909) — Simpson, 1914

 
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