Publication Connolly (1925): summary

Full Citation

Connolly, M. 1925. New and little known South African Naiades. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: ??.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio coeruleus ‘Lea’ of Authors = Indonaia caerulea

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30 [as ‘cœruleus’].
Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 228.
Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
(error for Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831)

Indonaia cronini Connolly, 1925 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

‘Walker’ Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [6].
(error for Nodularia croninae Walker in Ortmann & Walker, 1922)

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Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925 = Coelatura mossambicensis

Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 265, pl. 12, figs. 1, 4.
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 611 [as ‘Unio framesi’].
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3545, Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal.

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Cafferia caffra obesa Connolly, 1925 = Unio caffer

Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 261, pl. 1, figs. 1-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio caffer Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MCZ_52457, Bushmans River, Alicedale, South Africa.

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)

Indonaia victoriae Connolly, 1925 = Coelatura kunenensis

‘Preston’ Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
(error for Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905)

Taxonomic Opinions

Cafferia caffra (Krs.) = Unio caffer

Cafferia caffra obesa subsp. nov. = Unio caffer

Cafferia caffra verreauxi [sic] (Charp., Küst., 1856) = Unio caffer

+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856

Indonaia cronini [sic] (Walker) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis

Indonaia ellenbergeri (Germain) = Coelatura kunenensis

Indonaia framesi sp. n. = Coelatura mossambicensis

Indonaia kunenensis (Mousson) = Coelatura kunenensis

Indonaia mossambicensis (Peters) = Coelatura mossambicensis

Indonaia victoriae [sic] Preston = Coelatura kunenensis

+ Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905