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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 kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968: synonymy
     18 specimens

Caelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
Mandahl-Barth, 1968. Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 54, pl. 3, fig. 1; pl. 10, figs. 9-10.
Mandahl-Barth, 1988. Studies on African Freshwater Bivalves: 29, figs. 134-135.
Type(s): TOPOTYPE MRAC_797303, Zaire: Lac de barrage de la Kipopo.

Caelatura [sic] kipopoensisMandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kipopoensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Parreysia mweruensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
‘Smith’ Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: pl. 31, fig. 8.
(misidentified reference to Unio mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908)

Caelatura [sic] kipopoensisMandahl-Barth (1988)

Caelatura choziensis luapulaensis Haas, 1936
‘Preston’ Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: pl. 5, fig. 2e. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio (Nodularia) luapulaensis Preston, 1913)

Caelatura [sic] luapulaensisMandahl-Barth (1968)
Caelatura [sic] kipopoensisMandahl-Barth (1988)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Caelatura [sic] luapulaensisMandahl-Barth (1968)
Caelatura [sic] kipopoensisMandahl-Barth (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Coelatura kipopoensisDaget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

 
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