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Publication Graf & Cummings (2006): summary

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Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2006. Freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Angola, with description of a new species, Mutela wistarmorrisi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155: 163-194. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mutela wistarmorrisi Graf & Cummings, 2006 = Mutela wistarmorrisi

Graf & Cummings, 2006. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 155: 174, figs. 13.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) ANSP_413302, a Malonge (Angola) river.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)
+ Anodon cochlearis Sowerby, 1870
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898

Aspatharia rugifera (Dunker, 1858)
+ Margaritana vignouana Bernardi, 1859
+ Spatha vignoni Ancey, 1888

Aspatharia semicorrugata (Preston, 1909) = Aspatharia ganciniensis
+ Aspatharia (s.s.) chapini Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)
+ Aspatharia pfeifferiana Connolly, 1939
+ Aspatharia sinuata Connolly, 1931

Cafferia caffer (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer
+ Unio caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898
+ Unio mashonae Preston, 1910

Chambardia moutai (Dartevelle, 1939)
+ Spatha wahlbergi var. montai Daget, 1998

Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)
+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898

Chambardia welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) = Chambardia welwitschii

Chambardia wissmanni (von Martens, 1883)
+ Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wissmanni bangalorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Aspatharia hassei Darteville, 1941

Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881)
+ Chelidonura arietina Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) = Coelatura disciformis
+ Unio aequatorius Morelet, 1885
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia disciformis Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia araneosa Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia poirieri Rochebrune, 1886
+ Zairia sordida Rochebrune, 1886
+ Unio landanensis Schepman, 1891
+ Unio (Nodularia) roubaudi Germain, 1907
+ Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909
+ Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)
+ Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920
+ Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)
+ Caelatura graueri Haas, 1927

Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)

Coelatura rotula (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) = Coelatura disciformis

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886
+ Caelatura (Laevirostris) stagnorum bomae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890) = Coelatura disciformis

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria semilunata Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria transversa Lamarck, 1807
+ Etheria plumbea Férussac, 1824

Mutela langi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela legumen (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutelina tholloni Rochebrune, 1886
+ Burtonia carrei Putzeys, 1898
+ Burtonia leopoldvillensis Simpson, 1900
+ Mutelina thottoni Simpson, 1900
+ Mutelina rostrata mode elongata Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina rostrata mode incurvata Germain, 1907
+ Chelidonopsis roubaudi Germain, 1908

Mutela mabilli (Rochebrune, 1886)
+ Mutela (s.s.) iris Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
+ Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838
+ Mutelina prasina Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886
+ Mutela carrei Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1948

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835) = Mutela mabilli

Mutela wistarmorrisi n. sp.

Mutela zambesiensis Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Mutela mabilli Connolly, 1931
+ Mutela dubia Appleton, 1979