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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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9 specimens Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866
 Martens, 1866. Malak. Blatt. 13: 102.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_8590, Sudl. Abyssinien.
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) abyssinica — Simpson (1900)
Nodularia (Cafferia) abyssinica — Kobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) abyssinicus — Simpson (1914)
Unio abyssinicus — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1936), Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), ... Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Unio (s.s.) abyssinicus — Falkner (1994)
— Araujo et al. (2018) | |
Unio habessinicus Heuglin, 1868
Heuglin, 1868. Reise nach Abessinien: 290.
Unio (sec. Cafferia) abyssinicus — Simpson (1914)
Unio abyssinicus — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) | |
Unio abyssinicus Jickeli, 1874
 ‘von Martens’ Jickeli, 1874. Nova Acta Dtsch. Akad. Naturf. 37(1): 278, pl. 9, fig. 5; pl. 10, fig. 10.
(reference to Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866)
Unio abyssinicus — Haas (1969) | |
Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886
Martens, 1886. S.-Ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde zu Berlin 1886: 127.
(renamed Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927; homonym of Unio sennariensis [sic] var. schweinfurthi Martens, 1873)
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio fayumensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Unio abyssinicus — Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Unio willcocksi — Ibrahim et al. (1999) | |
Unio willcocksi Newton, 1899
Newton, 1899. Geol. Mag. 6: 406, pl. 20, figs. 1-4.
Unio abyssinicus — Haas (1936), Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Unio willcocksi — Ibrahim et al. (1999) | |
Unio abessinicus Blanckenhorn, 1901
Blanckenhorn, 1901. unknown publication: 444, 462.
(error for Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866)
Unio abyssinicus — Daget (1998) | |
Unio vignardi Pallary, 1924
 Pallary, 1924. Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 40, pl. 4, figs. 16, 18.
Unio vignardi — Pallary (1924)
— Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Unio abyssinicus — Haas (1936), Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Unio willcocksi — Ibrahim et al. (1999) | |
Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 381.
(new name for Unio schweinfurthi Martens, 1886)
Unio fayumensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Unio abyssinicus — Haas (1936), Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) abyssinica — Simpson (1900)
— Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Araujo et al. (2018)
Nodularia (Cafferia) abyssinica — Kobelt (1910)
Unio (sec. Cafferia) abyssinicus — Simpson (1914)
Unio vignardi — Pallary (1924)
Unio abyssinicus — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1936), Haas (1940), Haas (1969), Van Damme (1984), ... Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Unio fayumensis — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Unio (s.s.) abyssinicus — Falkner (1994)
Unio willcocksi — Ibrahim et al. (1999)
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