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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Connolly (1939): summary
publication summary Complete CitationConnolly, M. 1939. A monographic study of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1-660, 19 pls.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAspatharia pfeifferiana Connolly, 1939
‘Bernardi’ of Authors.
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 615.
 Appleton, 1979. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 164.
Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: ??.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana pfeifferiana Bernardi, 1860) | |
Corbicula quinzii Connolly, 1939
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 621. | |
Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925
 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. | |
Unio verreauxi E.A. Smith, 1891
‘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) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia pfeifferiana
+ Aspatharia sinuata Connolly, 1931
+ Spatha sinuata Martens, 1883
+ Spathella protchei Rochebrune, 1886
+ Spatha stuhlmanni Martens, 1897
+ Spatha cryptoradiata Putzeys, 1898
+ Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
+ Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913 Aspatharia (s.s.) pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860) = Aspatharia subreniformis Aspatharia (Spathopsis) petersi Mts., 1859) = Chambardia petersi
+ Spatha modesta Lea, 1864 Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi (Krs., 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi
+ Spatha natalensis Lea, 1864
+ Spatha maitenguensis Sturany, 1898 Aspatharia (Spathopsis) wahlbergi var. dorsalis Mts., 1897 = Chambardia wahlbergi Mutela mabilli (Rchbr., 1886)
+ Mutelina mabillei Germain, 1907
+ Mutela mabilli Connolly, 1931 Mutela mabilli (Rchbr., 1886) = Mutela zambesiensis Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
+ Iridina coelestis Lea, 1838 Unio framesi (Conn., 1925) = Coelatura mossambicensis Unio kunenensis Mouss., 1887 = Leoparreysia tavoyensis
+ Nodularia croninae Ortmann & Walker, 1922
+ Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925
+ Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920 Unio kunenensis Mouss., 1887 = Coelatura kunenensis Unio mossambicensis Ptrs., Mts., 1859 = Coelatura mossambicensis Unio zambesiensis Prest., 1905 = Coelatura kunenensis Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 = Unio caffer
+ Unio zeyheri Menke, 1849
+ Unio cyamus Philippi, 1853
+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856
+ Unio africanus Lea, 1856
+ Unio rectilinearis Sowerby, 1868
+ Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885
+ Unio (Hyridella) fissidens O. Boettger, 1866
+ Unio (Hyridella) hygapanus O. Boettger, 1866
+ Unio caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898
+ Unio mashonae Preston, 1910
+ Unio charon Preston, 1910
+ Unio vicinus Preston, 1910
+ Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912
+ Unio natalensis Lea, 1864 Unio (Cafferia) caffer connollyi Pilsbry, 1923 = Unio caffer
+ Cafferia caffra obesa Connolly, 1925 Unio (Cafferia) caffer verreauxi [sic] Charp., Küster, 1855 = Unio caffer
+ Unio verreauxi E.A. Smith, 1891
+ Unio diminutis Lea, 1859
+ Unio diminutus Lea, 1859
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