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

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species Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897): synonymy
     10 specimens + 23 Genbank vouchers

Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 230, pl. 7, fig. 1.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_104808A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 113), Mbampa Bucht, Malawisee, Tanzania.

Parreysia (s.s.) hypsiprimnus [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreyssia [sic] hypsiprymnusKobelt (1910)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hypsiprimna hypsiprimna [sic]Haas (1936), Haas (1969)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymnusAppleton (1979)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymnaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura hypsiprymnaDaget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Parreysia hypsiprimnus Simpson, 1900
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 849.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1136.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 68.
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 47.
(error for Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897)

Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964)
Coelatura hypsiprymnaDaget (1998)

Grandidieria bloomeri Crowley et al., 1964
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 53, pl. 7, figs. 41-42.

Grandidieria bloomeriCrowley et al. (1964)
Coelatura hypsiprymnaDaget (1998)
Coelatura nyassaensisScholz & Glaubrecht (2004)

Indonaia mossambicensis Crowley et al., 1964
‘von Martens’ Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 55, pl. 7, fig. 45-46. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860)

Coelatura hypsiprymnaDaget (1998)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Parreysia (s.s.) hypsiprimnus [sic]Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Parreyssia [sic] hypsiprymnusKobelt (1910)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) hypsiprimna hypsiprimna [sic]Haas (1936), Haas (1969)
Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensisCrowley et al. (1964)
Grandidieria bloomeriCrowley et al. (1964)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymnusAppleton (1979)
Caelatura [sic] hypsiprymnaMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura hypsiprymnaDaget (1998), Scholz & Glaubrecht (2004), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Coelatura nyassaensisScholz & Glaubrecht (2004)

 
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