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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 kunenensis (Mousson, 1887): synonymy
     54 specimens + 31 Genbank vouchers

Unio kunenensis Mousson, 1887
Mousson, 1887. J. de Conch. 35: 300, pl. 12, fig. 10.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MHNZ_XXX, Cunene River, border between Angola and Namibia.

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) kunenensisSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (Coelatura) kunenensisKobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) kunenensisSimpson (1914)
Nodularia kunenensisGermain (1925)
Indonaia kunenensisConnolly (1925), Connolly (1931), Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Unio kunenensisConnolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensisAppleton (1979), Curtis & Appleton (1987), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ... Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905
Preston, 1905. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6: 301, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1905-8-29-1, just above Victoria Falls, Zambesi River.

Nodularia (Cafferia) zambesiensisKobelt (1910)
Unio zambesiensisSimpson (1914), Connolly (1939)
Indonaia victoriae [sic]Connolly (1925)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Indonaia zambesiensisConnolly (1931)
Indonaia kunenensisHaas (1936)
Afronaia kunenensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensisMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920
Germain, 1920. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 26: 232, figs. 36-37.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0059, Haut Zambese, Lealui District.

Indonaia ellenbergeriConnolly (1925)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Indonaia kunenensisHaas (1936)
Unio kunenensisConnolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensisMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Nodularia rohani Germain, 1925
Germain, 1925. Miss. Rohan-Chabot 4(3): 221, text figs. 3-5.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0101_01, Luaukondo [Luankundu River], Angloa.

Nodularia rohaniGermain (1925)
Indonaia kunenensisHaas (1936)
Unio kunenensisConnolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensisMandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006)

Indonaia victoriae Connolly, 1925
‘Preston’ Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
(error for Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905)

Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergi Daget, 1998
‘Germain’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 59.
(error for Nodularia (Caelatura) ellenbergeri Germain, 1920)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) kunenensisSimpson (1900)
Nodularia (Coelatura) kunenensisKobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Cafferia) zambesiensisKobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) kunenensisSimpson (1914)
Unio zambesiensisSimpson (1914), Connolly (1939)
Nodularia kunenensisGermain (1925)
Indonaia kunenensisConnolly (1925), Connolly (1931), Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939)
Indonaia victoriae [sic]Connolly (1925)
Indonaia ellenbergeriConnolly (1925)
Nodularia rohaniGermain (1925)
Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Indonaia zambesiensisConnolly (1931)
Unio kunenensisConnolly (1939)
Afronaia kunenensisHaas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] kunenensisAppleton (1979), Curtis & Appleton (1987), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kunenensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), ... Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2022), Bolotov et al. (2024)

 
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