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Publication Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004): summary

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Full Citation

Scholz, H. & M. Glaubrecht. 2004. Evaluating limnic diversity: Toward a revision of the unionid bivalve Coelatura Conrad, 1853 in the Great Lakes of East Africa and adjacent drainage systems (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Unionidae). Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Zool. Reihe 80: 89-121. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Coelatura acuminata (Adams, 1866) = Nitia acuminata

Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)

Coelatura bakeri (Adams, H., 1866)

Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) = Grandidieria burtoni
+ Unio rostralis Martens, 1897

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
+ Unio multicolor Martens, 1897
+ Unio emini Martens, 1897

Coelatura horei (Smith, E.A., 1880)
+ Unio boehmi Martens, 1897
+ Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897

Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897)

Coelatura monceti (Bourguignat, 1883) = Nitia monceti

Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860)
+ Unio liederi Martens, 1897

Coelatura nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio kirkii Lea, 1864
+ Unio aferula Lea, 1864
+ Nyassunio ecclesi Crowley et al., 1964
+ Grandidieria bloomeri Crowley et al., 1964

Coelatura nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Coelatura hypsiprymna

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)
+ Unio ambifarius Martens, 1897

Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)
+ Unio ngesianus Martens, 1897

Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897) = Coelatura bakeri

Coelatura ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) = Nyassunio ujijiensis
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881