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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | ... | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Prisodontopsis species Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F.R. Woodward, 1991: synonymy 51 specimens + 7 Genbank vouchers Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893
E.A. Smith, 1893. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1893: 640, pl. 59, figs. 18-20. (homonym of Unio johnstoni Etheridge, 1881; renamed Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F.R. Woodward, 1991) Type(s): LECTOTYPE BMNH_1893-8-23-100 (by F.R. Woodward, 1991: 104), Lake Mweru, Central Africa.
Pseudavicula johnstoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Modell (1942) Prisodontopsis johnstoni — Tomlin (1928), Thiele (1934), Pain & Woodward (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis — F.R. Woodward (1991), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) | |
Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F.R. Woodward, 1991
F.R. Woodward, 1991. J. of Conch. 34: 104. (new name for Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893) Type(s): AUTOMATIC BMNH_1893-8-23-100, Lake Mweru, Central Africa.
Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis — F.R. Woodward (1991), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Whelan et al. (2011), Graf et al. (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) | |
Coelatura mweruensis Bolotov et al., 2017 ‘Smith’ of Authors. Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1. [in part] Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Unio mweruensis E.A. Smith, 1908)
Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis — Graf et al. (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Pseudavicula johnstoni — Simpson (1900), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Modell (1942) Prisodontopsis johnstoni — Tomlin (1928), Thiele (1934), Pain & Woodward (1968), Mandahl-Barth (1968), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Mandahl-Barth (1988) Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis — F.R. Woodward (1991), Daget (1998), Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Whelan et al. (2011), Graf et al. (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
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