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

nominal species Unio lechaptoisi var. minor Martens, 1897

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Unio lechaptoisi var. minor Martens, 1897 = Coelatura mossambicensis

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 227.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894)
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_104816, Mbampa Bay.

= Coelatura mossambicensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Daget, 1998

+ Afronaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Haas, 1969

+ Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Crowley et al., 1964

+ Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Haas, 1936

+ Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Unio lechaptoisi var. minor von Martens, 1897 — Martens, 1897

 
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