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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nitia

species Nitia mutelaeformis (Germain, 1906): synonymy
     9 specimens

Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 60, footnote. [nomen nudum]
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 236.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 540, figs. 3-4.
Type(s): SYNTYPE MNHN_MP_0074, Mamoun pays le Senoussi.

Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformisGermain (1907)
Nodularia (Coelatura) mutelaeformisKobelt (1910)
Parreysia (s.s.) mutelaeformisSimpson (1914)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia mutelaeformisHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Caelatura [sic] mutelaeformisLévèque (1967)
Caelatura [sic] teretiusculusMandahl-Barth (1988)
Caelatura [sic] (Nitia) teretiusculaIbrahim et al. (1999)
Nitia teretiusculaGraf & Cummings (2007)

Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensis Germain, 1906
Germain, 1906. Mém. Soc. Zool. France 19: 236.
Germain, 1907. L’Afrique Centrale Française: 541.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MNHN_MP_0074, Mamoun pays le Senoussi.

Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis variété chariensisGermain (1907)
Parreysia (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensisSimpson (1914)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia mutelaeformisHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998)
Caelatura [sic] teretiusculusMandahl-Barth (1988)
Caelatura [sic] (Nitia) teretiusculaIbrahim et al. (1999)

Caelatura teretiuscula Lévèque, 1971
‘Philippi’ Lévèque, 1971. unknown publication: 275.
Lévèque, 1974. Cah. O.R.S.T.O.M., Sér. Hydrobiol. 8: 106, pl. 1, figs. 14-16.
(misidentified reference to Unio teretiusculus Philippi, 1847)

Nitia mutelaeformisDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformisGermain (1907)
Unio (s.s.) mutelaeformis variété chariensisGermain (1907)
Nodularia (Coelatura) mutelaeformisKobelt (1910)
Parreysia (s.s.) mutelaeformisSimpson (1914)
Parreysia (s.s.) mutelaeformis var. chariensisSimpson (1914)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Nitia mutelaeformisHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2016), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Caelatura [sic] mutelaeformisLévèque (1967)
Caelatura [sic] teretiusculusMandahl-Barth (1988)
Caelatura [sic] (Nitia) teretiusculaIbrahim et al. (1999)
Nitia teretiusculaGraf & Cummings (2007)

 
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