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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Bivalvia | ... | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio caffer nominal species Unio mashonae Preston, 1910   Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 61, pl. 4, fig. 10 [as ‘mashonæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) BMNH_1910-1-15-6, Banks of a strait, or on the veldt about 16 miles from Enkeldoorn, Mashonaland.
= Unio caffer Taxonomic Opinions+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2011 + Cafferia caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2006 + Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998 + Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969 + Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939 + — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Unio (sec. Cafferia) mashonae Preston, 1910 — Simpson, 1914
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