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nominal species Unio aferula Lea, 1864

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Unio aferula Lea, 1864 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Lea, 1864. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 109.
specimen image from publicationLea, 1866. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 34 [38], pl. 13, fig. 34 [as ‘aferulus’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84058, L. Nyassa, Africa.

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 113.

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Daget, 1998: 78.

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1969: 162.

= Nyassunio nyassaensis aferula (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964: 50.

+ Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950: 141.

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1936: 85.

= Unio aferula Lea, 1864 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 378.

= Parreysia (s.s.) aferula (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1914: 1134.

= Parreyssia [sic] aferula Lea — Kobelt, 1910: 85.

= Parreysia (s.s.) aferula (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1900: 848.

+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897: 230.

= Unio aferulus Lea, 1864 — Ancey, 1894: 226.

= Unio aferulus Lea — Bourguignat, 1889: 38.

= Unio nyassaensis var. aferula Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1881: 298.

= Unio nyassaënsis var.aferula Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1877: 719.

= Margaron (Unio) aferulus (Lea) — Lea, 1870: 30.

= Unio aferulus Lea, 1864 — Lea, 1866: 36, pl. 13, fig. 34.