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

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genus Chelidonopsis Ancey, 1887: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886. Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 3.
(homonym of A. Adams, 1850 [Gastro.]; renamed Chelidonopsis Ancey, 1887)
Type species: Spatha (Mutela) hirundo Martens, 1881 (orig. desig.) = Chelidonopsis hirundo

Chelidonopsis Ancey, 1887
Ancey, 1887. Conch. Exchange 2: 22.
(new name for Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886)

Chelidoneura Simpson, 1900
‘Rochebrune’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 906 [corrected on the errata sheet].
Germain, 1908. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. Natur. 14: 160, footnote.
(error for Chelidonura Rochebrune, 1886)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

ChelidonopsisSimpson (1900), Germain (1908), Simpson (1914), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Mutela (Chelidonopsis)Kobelt (1910), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Mutela (sec. Chelidonopsis)Thiele (1934)
MutelaMandahl-Barth (1988)

 
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