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nominal species Unio diminutus Lea, 1859

Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 = Unio caffer

Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151 [as ‘diminutis’].
Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 254, pl. 39, fig. 134.
(correct name for Unio diminutis Lea, 1859)
Type(s): BMNH_1965165, East Africa.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio caffer F. Krauss, 1848 — Bieler, 2021: 10.

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998: 69.

+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer verreauxi [sic] Charp., Küster, 1855 — Connolly, 1939: 608.

+ — Haas, 1936: 89.

= Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 380.

= Unio (sec. Cafferia) diminutus Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914: 583.

= Nodularia (Cafferia) diminuta Lea — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) diminuta (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900: 826.

= Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 — Jickeli, 1874: 280.

= Margaron (Unio) diminutus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 31.

= Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 — Reeve, 1865: pl. 28, sp. 141.