MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889

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nominal species Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889

‘Lea’ E.A. Smith, 1881. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 34b. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1889. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1880-12-20-130, Lake Nyassa.

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Daget, 1998

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea) — Haas, 1969

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964

+ Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1936

= Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

+ Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1914

+ Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis Lea — Simpson, 1900

+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897

= Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 — Ancey, 1894

= Unio hermosus Bourg., 1888, Sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1889

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