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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura
species Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897): synonymy
10 specimens + 23 GenBank vouchers
Synonymy
Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 230, pl. 7, fig. 1.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104808A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 113), Mbampa Bucht, Malawisee, Tanzania.
Parreysia (s.s.) hypsiprimnus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreyssia [sic] hypsiprymnus — Kobelt (1910)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hypsiprimna hypsiprimna [sic] — Haas (1936), Haas (1969)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymnus — Appleton (1979)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymna — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura hypsiprymna — Daget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Parreysia hypsiprimnus ‘von Martens’ of Authors
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 849.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1136.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 68.
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 47.
(error for Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964)
Coelatura hypsiprymna — Daget (1998)
Grandidieria bloomeri Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 53, pl. 7, figs. 41-42.
Grandidieria bloomeri — Crowley et al. (1964)
Coelatura hypsiprymna — Daget (1998)
Coelatura nyassaensis — Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004)
Indonaia mossambicensis ‘von Martens’ Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964
‘von Martens’ Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 55, pl. 7, fig. 45-46. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860)
Coelatura hypsiprymna — Daget (1998)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) hypsiprimnus [sic] — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreyssia [sic] hypsiprymnus — Kobelt (1910)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hypsiprimna hypsiprimna [sic] — Haas (1936), Haas (1969)
Indonaia mossambicensis — Crowley et al. (1964)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964)
Grandidieria bloomeri — Crowley et al. (1964)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymnus — Appleton (1979)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymna — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura hypsiprymna — Daget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Coelatura nyassaensis — Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004)
