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Bivalvia | ... | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura aegyptiaca

nominal species Unio pumilus Lea, 1852

Unio pumilus Lea, 1852 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

‘Ziegler’ Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 31.
‘Ziegler’ Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 13.
(intro'd as syn of Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827)

= Coelatura aegyptiaca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cælatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1827) — Simpson, 1914

+ Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) nilotica (Cailliaud, 1827) — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio niloticus (Fér.) Caill. — Westerlund, 1890

+ Unio aegyptiacus Férussac — Kobelt, 1886

+ Unio aegyptiacus Fér. — Jickeli, 1874

+ Margaron (Unio) niloticus (Caill.) — Lea, 1870

+ Unio niloticus Fer. — Martens, 1866

+ Margaron (Unio) niloticus (Caill.) — Lea, 1852

 
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