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

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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura

species Coelatura essoensis (Chaper, 1885): synonymy
     10 specimens

Unio essoensis Chaper, 1885
Chaper, 1885. Bull. Soc. Zool. France 10: 481, pl. 11, figs. 7-9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0057, Esso, Assinie.

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) essoensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Nodularia) essoensisGermain (1907)
Pharaonia essoensisPallary (1909)
Nodularia (Coelatura) essoënsisKobelt (1910)
Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) essoensisPallary (1924)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) essoënsisHaas (1936)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) essoensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca aegyptiacaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura essoensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiacaIbrahim et al. (1999)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) essoensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Nodularia) essoensisGermain (1907)
Pharaonia essoensisPallary (1909)
Nodularia (Coelatura) essoënsisKobelt (1910)
Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) essoensisPallary (1924)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) essoënsisHaas (1936)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) essoensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca aegyptiacaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura essoensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiacaIbrahim et al. (1999)

 
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