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

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Publication Graf & Cummings (2007): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2007. Preliminary review of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) of northern Africa, with an emphasis on the Nile. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 53D: 89-119. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)
+ Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903

Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)

Aspatharia divaricata (von Martens, 1897)

Aspatharia marnoi (Jickeli, 1874)
+ Spathella fourtaui Pallary, 1903

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)

Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1885)

Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890

Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823
+ Anodonta arcuata Martens, 1866

Chambardia trapezia (von Martens, 1897)

Chambardia trapezia ovoidea (Mandahl-Barth, 1988) = Chambardia trapezia

Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini (Récluz, 1850) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Chambardia wahlbergi tabula (Sowerby, 1867) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi

Chambardia welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) = Chambardia welwitschii

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
+ Unio bourguignati Landrin, 1864
+ Caelatura (Horusia) bourguignati Ibrahim et al., 1999

Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)

Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)

Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)

Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890) = Coelatura disciformis

Coelatura stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909

Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885

Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia

Mutela dubia emini von Martens, 1897 = Mutela dubia

Mutela dubia garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Mutela dubia

Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) = Mutela dubia
+ Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Nitia acuminata (H. Adams, 1866)

Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)
+ Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847) = Nitia mutelaeformis

Potomida littoralis (Lamarck, 1801)

Potomida littoralis fellmanni (Deshayes, 1848) = Potomida littoralis

Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius

Pseudunio auricularia marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus

Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866
+ Unio willcocksi Newton, 1899
+ Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Unio mancus (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865

Unio mancus (Lamarck, 1819) = Unio elongatulus

Unio mancus (Lamarck, 1819) = Unio dembeae

Unio mancus (Lamarck, 1819) = Unio durieui