Publication Heard & Vail (1976): summary

Full Citation

Heard, W.H. & V.A. Vail. 1976. The systematic position of Unio caffer (Pelecypoda: Unionoida: Unionidae). Zoologica Africana 11(1): 45-58. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio verreauxi ‘Kuster’ of Authors = Unio caffer

‘Kuster’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1891. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8: 319.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 627.
Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [1].
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 608.
Heard & Vail, 1976. Zool. Africana 11(1): 45.
(error for Unio verrauxi Küster, 1856)

Taxonomic Opinions

Unio caffer Krauss

+ Unio verrauxi Küster, 1856

+ Unio (Cafferia) connollyi Pilsbry, 1923