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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Chelidonopsis hirundo
nominal species Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881
Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 = Chelidonopsis hirundo
Martens, 1881. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 18: 122.
Martens, 1882. Jb. Dtsch. Malak. Ges. 9: 248.
Martens, 1883. Conch. Mitth. 2: 139, pl. 27, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): TYPE XXX_UNKNOWN, Cuango River near Matjambo.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (Martens, 1881) — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 27.
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: 24.
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — IUCN, 2010: [web].
= Chelidonopsis hirundo von Martens, 1881 — Bogan, 2010: [6].
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Graf & Cummings, 2007: 314.
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Graf & Cummings, 2006: 177, fig. 15.
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Daget, 1998: 130.
= Mutela hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 79, figs. 58-59.
= Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Haas, 1969: 584.
= Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Haas, 1969: N463, fig. D54:1.
= Mutela (sec. Chelidonopsis) hirundo (Martens) — Thiele, 1934: 843, [1282].
= Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 438, pl. 43, figs. 1-2.
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Simpson, 1914: 1368.
= Mutela (Chelidonopsis) hirundo Martens — Kobelt, 1910: 86.
= Chelidonopsis hirundo (von Martens, 1881) — Simpson, 1900: 906.
= Chelidonura hirundo (von Martens) — Rochebrune, 1886: 4, pl. 1, figs. 5-6.
= Spatha (Mutela) hirundo von Martens, 1881 — Martens, 1882: 248.
