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

nominal species Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881

Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

‘Lea’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 34b. [in part]
(reference to Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

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

+ Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897

+ Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 — Ancey, 1894

+ Unio hermosus Bourg., 1888, Sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1889

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

 
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