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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), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Parreysia hypsiprimnus ‘von Martens’ of Authors
(error for Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897)
‘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.
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
(misidentified reference to Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860)
‘von Martens’ Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 55, pl. 7, fig. 45-46. [in part]
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)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis — Crowley et al. (1964)
Grandidieria bloomeri — Crowley et al. (1964)
“Indonaia mossambicensis” ** — 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), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Coelatura nyassaensis — Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004)
