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Unio kunenensis Mousson, 1887

Mousson, 1887. J. de Conch. 35: 300, pl. 12, fig. 10.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNZ_XXX, Cunene River, border between Angola and Namibia.

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) kunenensis — Simpson (1900)
Nodularia (Coelatura) kunenensis — Kobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) kunenensis — Simpson (1914)
Nodularia kunenensis — Germain (1925)
Indonaia kunenensis — Connolly (1925), Connolly (1931), Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Unio kunenensis — Connolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensis — Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensis — Appleton (1979), Curtis & Appleton (1987), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)

Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905

Preston, 1905. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6: 301, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1905-8-29-1, just above Victoria Falls, Zambesi River.

Nodularia (Cafferia) zambesiensis — Kobelt (1910)
Unio zambesiensis — Simpson (1914), Connolly (1939)
Indonaia victoriae [sic] — Connolly (1925)
Indonaia zambesiensis — Connolly (1931)
Indonaia kunenensis — Haas (1936)
Afronaia kunenensis — Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920

Germain, 1920. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 26: 232, figs. 36-37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0059, Haut Zambese, Lealui District.

Indonaia ellenbergeri — Connolly (1925)
Indonaia kunenensis — Haas (1936)
Unio kunenensis — Connolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensis — Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925

Germain, 1925. Miss. Rohan-Chabot 4(3): 221, text figs. 3-5.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0101_01, Luaukondo [Luankundu River], Angloa.

Nodularia rohani — Germain (1925)
Indonaia kunenensis — Haas (1936)
Unio kunenensis — Connolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensis — Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensis — Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensis — Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Indonaia victoriae Connolly, 1925

‘Preston’ Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
(error for Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905)

Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergi Daget, 1998

‘Germain’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 59.
(error for Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920)