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

nominal species Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905

image of type lot

Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905 = Coelatura kunenensis

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

= Coelatura kunenensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) — Graf & Cummings, 2006

+ Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988

+ Afronaia kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) — Haas, 1969

= Unio zambesiensis Prest., 1905 — Connolly, 1939

+ Indonaia kunenensis (Mousson, 1887) — Haas, 1936

= Indonaia zambesiensis (Preston) — Connolly, 1931

+ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Indonaia victoriae [sic] Preston — Connolly, 1925

= Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905 — Simpson, 1914

= Nodularia (Cafferia) zambesiensis Preston — Kobelt, 1910

 
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