Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Etheriidae | Etheria elliptica

nominal species Aetheria nidushirundinis Simroth, 1890

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Aetheria nidushirundinis Simroth, 1890 = Etheria elliptica

Simroth, 1890. Zool. Anz. Leipzig. 13: 662 [as ‘nidus hirundinis’].
Simroth, 1894. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 18: 288, pl. 1, figs. 8-10 [as ‘nidus hirundinis’].
LECTOTYPE SMF_5687 (by Zilch, 1967: 135), Kongo Falle.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Nagel, 2025: 214, fig. 232.

lectotype SMF 5687/1 (by Zilch, 1967: 135) — DR Congo or Republic of Congo, “Congofälle” [Congo rapids] (ex H. Simroth [ex Marshall], leg. E. Pechuel-Loesche)

paralectotype SMF 5688/1

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Daget, 1998: 160.

type xxx_unknown — rapides du Zaïre.

+ Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 451.