MUSSELp

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura

species Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885): synonymy

11 specimens + 1 Genbank voucher

Synonymy

image of type lot

Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885

Charmes, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 170.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_1545, fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo.

Parreysia (s.s.) billotianus [sic]Simpson (1900)
Nodularia (Coelatura) billotiana [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Parreysia (s.s.) billotianusSimpson (1914)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998)

image of type lot

Unio dumesnilianus Charmes, 1885

Charmes, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 168.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0035, Fleuve de Kingani, pres de Bagamoyo.

Parreysia (s.s.) dumesnilianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Coelatura) dusmeniliana [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998)

image of type lot

Unio euphymus Charmes, 1885

Charmes, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 171.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0022, fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo.

Parreysia (s.s.) euphymusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Coelatura) euphymusKobelt (1910)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998)

image of type lot

Unio ledoulxianus Charmes, 1885

Charmes, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 173.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0131, fleuve Kyngani, pres de Bagamoyo.

Nodularia (s.s.) ledoulxianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Coelatura) ed oulxianus [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998)

image of type lot

Unio ratidotus Charmes, 1885

Charmes, 1885. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 2: 166.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0092, Kyngani, Bagamoyo.

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) radiota [sic]Simpson (1900)
Nodularia (Coelatura) ratidotaKobelt (1910)
Nodularia ratidotaSimpson (1914)
Unio ratidotusPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] ratidotaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

image of type lot

Unio ambifarius Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 225, pl. 7, fig. 20.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) ZMB_104896, Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam.

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) ambifariaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Coelatura) ambifariaKobelt (1910)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] ratidotaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2011)

Nodularia radiota Simpson, 1900

‘Charmes’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 824.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 84.
(error for Unio ratidotus Charmes, 1885)

Nodularia ratidotaSimpson (1914)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998)

Parreysia dumesleanus Simpson, 1900

‘Charmes’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 847.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 85.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1130.
(error for Unio dumesnilianus Charmes, 1885)

Unio billotianus Simpson, 1900

‘Charmes’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 847.
Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 84.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1130.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 52.
Haas, 1969. Das Tierreich 88: 190.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 65.
(error for Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885)

Unio billattianus Paetel, 1890

‘Charm.’ Paetel, 1890. Cat. Conch.-Samml. 3: 146.
(error for Unio billottianus Charmes, 1885)

Nodularia (Caelatura) dusmeniliana Kobelt, 1910

‘Charmes’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 84.
(error for Unio dumesnilianus Charmes, 1885)

Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998)

Nodularia (Coelatura) edoulxiana Kobelt, 1910

‘Charmes’ Kobelt, 1910. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 32: 85 [as ‘ed oulxiana’].
(error for Unio ledoulxianus Charmes, 1885)

Nodularia (Caelatura) dumeniliana Daget, 1998

‘Kobelt’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 824.
(error for Nodularia (Caelatura) dusmeniliana Kobelt, 1910)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (s.s.) ledoulxianaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) ambifariaSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) radiota [sic]Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) billotianus [sic]Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.) euphymusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) dumesnilianusSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (Coelatura) ambifariaKobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Coelatura) billotiana [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Coelatura) dusmeniliana [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Coelatura) euphymusKobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Coelatura) ed oulxianus [sic]Kobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Coelatura) ratidotaKobelt (1910)
Parreysia (s.s.) billotianusSimpson (1914)
Nodularia ratidotaSimpson (1914)
Unio ratidotusPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Indonaia ratidotaHaas (1936)
Afronaia ratidotaHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] ratidotaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura ratidotaDaget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."