MUSSELpdb | nomainal sp. Unio multicolor Martens, 1897

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nominal species Unio multicolor Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 236, pl. 7, fig. 4.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104855A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 106), Insel Sirwa, Viktoria Nyansa.

= Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004

+ Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883) — Daget, 1998

+ Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga) ruellani (Bourguignat, 1883) — Haas, 1969

+ Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga) ruellani (Bourguignat, 1883) — Haas, 1936

+ — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

= Parreysia (s.s.) multicolor (von Martens, 1897) — Simpson, 1914

= Parreyssia [sic] multicolor Martens — Kobelt, 1910

= Parreysia (s.s.) multicolor (von Martens, 1897) — Simpson, 1900

= Unio multicolor n. — Martens, 1897

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