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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura mossambicensis
nominal species Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860
Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860 = Coelatura mossambicensis
‘Peters’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 218, pl. 3, figs. 3-5.
‘Ptrs.’ Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 225, pl. 7, fig. 2.
LECTOTYPE ZMB_4654A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97), Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860) — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 292.
= Coelatura mossambicensis (E. von Martens, 1860) — Nagel, 2025: 187.
lectotype ZMB Moll. 4.654a (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97) — Mozambique, “Tette” [inferred from context = Tete, Zambesi, 16°10’S 033° 36’E...] (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin)
paralectotype SMF 3547/3 (coll. F. Haas ex Museum Berlin 08.i.1921, leg. W. Peters)
paralectotypes SMF 372550/1-372551/1 (ex SMF 3547)
= Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 23.
= Coelatura mossambicensis — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020: [5].
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf et al., 2014: 312.
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Coelatura mossambicensis von Martens, 1860 — Bogan, 2010: [6].
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 309.
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 186, fig. 30.
lectotype zmb_4.654a (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97) — Zambezi River, Tete, Mozambique
= Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97, pl. 1, figs. 1-6.
lectotype ZMB_4.654a (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97) — “Tette”; Mozambique: Tete, lower Zambezi (16°10’S 33°36’E) (leg., Peters)
paralectotypes ZMB_4.654b — “Tette”; Mozambique: Tete, lower Zambezi (16°10’S 33°36’E) (leg., Peters)
paralectotypes SMF_3.547 — “Tette”; Mozambique: Tete, lower Zambezi (16°10’S 33°36’E) (leg., Peters)
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Daget, 1998: 63.
type ?? — Tete (Mozambique).
paratypes SMF_3547a-b — Tete (Mozambique).
= Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 23, figs. 92-96.
= Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Kenmuir, 1980: 7, fig. 2.
= Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Appleton, 1979: 159, fig. 2D.
= Afronaia mossambicensis (Martens) — Haas, 1969: 189.
= Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Crowley et al., 1964: 55, pl. 7, figs. 43-46.
= Unio mossambicensis Ptrs., Mts., 1859 — Connolly, 1939: 609, pl. 19, figs. 3-6.
type Berlin
= Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Haas, 1936: 51, pl. 4, figs. 3a-c.
- UNASSIGNED — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 384.
= Indonaia mossambicensis (Peters) — Connolly, 1925: [5].
= Nodularia (s.s.) (Group of N. cærulea) mossambicensis (von Martens) — Simpson, 1914: 986.
= Nodularia (Coelatura) mossambicensis Peters — Kobelt, 1910: 85.
= Nodularia (s.s.) mossambicensis von Martens — Simpson, 1900: 813.
= Unio mossambicensis (Peters, mscr. bei Martens, 1860) — Sturany, 1899: 627.
= Unio mossambicensis von Martens, 1860 — Martens, 1897: 225, pl. 7, fig. 2.
= Unio mossambicensis Peters mss, in Martens — Bourguignat, 1889: 193.
= Unio mossambicensis ‘Peters’ von Martens, 1879 — Charmes, 1885: 166.
- UNASSIGNED — Lea, 1870: 63.
= Unio mossambicensis Peters mscr. — Martens, 1860: 218, pl. 3, figs. 3-5.
