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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nyassunio nyassaensis

nominal species Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866

Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

specimen image from publicationSowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 41, sp. 224, figs. 224a-b [changed in errata to ‘nyssensis’].

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964

+ Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950

+ Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1914

+ Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio kirkii Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897

+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897

+ Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1881

+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea — E.A. Smith, 1877

+ Margaron (Unio) nyassaensis (Lea) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio nyassensis [sic] Lea, 1864 — Sowerby, 1868

= Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866 — Sowerby, 1866

 
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