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Publication Connolly (1931): summary

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Full Citation

Connolly, M. 1931. Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South West Africa. IX. The non-marine Mollusca of South West Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 29: 277-336.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mutela mabilli Connolly, 1931 = Mutela zambesiensis

‘Rochebrune’ of Authors.
Connolly, 1931. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 29: 324.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 146.
(misidentified reference to Mutelina mabilli Rochebrune, 1886)

Aspatharia sinuata Connolly, 1931 = Aspatharia subreniformis

‘Mts.’ Connolly, 1931. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 29: 323.
(misidentified reference to Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883)

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia sinuata (Mts., 1883) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913

Aspatharia sinuata (Mts., 1883) = Aspatharia subreniformis

Aspatharia wahlbergi (Krs., 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Cafferia caffra (Krs., 1848) = Unio caffer

Indonaia croninae (Walker) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Indonaia kunenensis (Mouss., 1887) = Coelatura kunenensis

Indonaia zambesiensis (Preston) = Coelatura kunenensis

Mutela mabilli (Rchbr., 1886)
+ Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907
+ Mutelina paludicola Rochebrune, 1886

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