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

nominal species Nodularia aegyptiaca var. shambiensis Longstaff, 1914

Nodularia aegyptiaca var. shambiensis Longstaff, 1914 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Longstaff, 1914. J. Linn. Soc., Zool. 32: 253, pl. 18, figs. 4-7.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)
Type(s): SYNTYPES BMNH_1923-6-8-1214-1216, Lake Shambe, [Bahrel-Gebel] Southern Sudan.

= Coelatura aegyptiaca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) companyoi (Cailliaud, 1827) [sic] — Ibrahim et al., 1999

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) canopicus (Cailliaud, 1827) [sic] — Ibrahim et al., 1999

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) prasidens (Cailliaud, 1827) [sic] — Ibrahim et al., 1999

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) masranus (Cailliaud, 1827) [sic] — Ibrahim et al., 1999

+ Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1969

= Cælatura [sic] aegyptiaca var. shambiensis (Longstaff, 1914) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca var. shambiensis (Longstaff, 1914) — Pallary, 1924