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

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Publication Graf et al. (2014): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Graf, D.L., A.J. Geneva, J.M. Pfeiffer & A.D. Chilala. 2014. Phylogenetic analysis of Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928 and Mweruella Haas, 1936 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Lake Mweru (Congo Basin) supports a Quaternary radiation in the Zambian Congo. Journal of Molluscan Studies 80: 303-314. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
+ Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886
+ Reneus reneus Jousseaume, 1886
+ Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827
+ Unio rugifer Küster, 1856

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1910)
+ Coelatura mweruensis Bolotov et al., 2017

Coelatura cridlandi (Mandahl-Barth, 1954)

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) = Coelatura mesafricana
+ Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886
+ Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
+ Unio ruellani Bourguignat, 1883

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

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

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)

Coelatura luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)
+ Coelatura mweruensis Bolotov et al., 2017

Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860)
+ Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)

Margaritifera margaritifera (L., 1758)

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)

Parreysia tavoyensis (Gould, 1843) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis (F.R. Woodward, 1991)
+ Coelatura mweruensis Bolotov et al., 2017

Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908)

Unio pictorum (L., 1758)