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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Marshall & Fenwick (2006): summary
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Complete Citation

Marshall, B.A. & M.C. Fenwick. 2006. Unio zelebori Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866, a form of Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae). Molluscan Research 26(1)1: 19-22. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) = Unio caffer
+ Unio (Hyridella) hygapanus O. Boettger, 1866
+ Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885
+ Unio caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898
+ Unio vicinus Preston, 1910
+ Unio zelebori Dunker, 1866

Hyridella menziesii = Echyridella aucklandica
+ Unio aucklandicus Gray, 1843
+ Unio waikarensis Colenso, 1845
+ Unio lutulentus Gould, 1850
+ Unio hochstetteri Dunker, 1862
+ Unio depauperata Hutton, 1882
+ Unio rugatus Hutton, 1882
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi lucasi Suter, 1905
+ Diplodon (Hyridella) menziesi acuta Suter, 1907

Hyridella menziesii = Echyridella menziesii