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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio caffer nominal species Unio diminutus Lea, 1859  Lea, 1859. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 11: 151 [as ‘diminutis’].
 Lea, 1860. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 4 [O. 7]: 254, pl. 39, fig. 134.
Type(s): BMNH_1965165, East Africa.
= Unio caffer Taxonomic Opinions+ Unio caffer F. Krauss, 1848 — Bieler, 2021 + Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998 + Unio (Cafferia) caffer verreauxi [sic] Charp., Küster, 1855 — Connolly, 1939 + — Haas, 1936 = Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Unio (sec. Cafferia) diminutus Lea, 1859 — Simpson, 1914 = Nodularia (Cafferia) diminuta Lea — Kobelt, 1910 = Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) diminuta (Lea, 1859) — Simpson, 1900 = Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 — Jickeli, 1874 = Margaron (Unio) diminutus (Lea) — Lea, 1870 = Unio diminutus Lea, 1859 — Reeve, 1865
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