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Publication Connolly (1925): summary
publication summary Complete CitationConnolly, M. 1925. New and little known South African Naiades. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: ??.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesCafferia caffra obesa Connolly, 1925
 Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 261, pl. 1, figs. 1-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio caffer Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MCZ_52457, Bushmans River, Alicedale, South Africa. | |
Indonaia cronini Connolly, 1925
‘Walker’ Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [6].
(error for Nodularia croninae Ortmann & Walker, 1922) | |
Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925
 Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 265, pl. 12, figs. 1, 4.
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 611 [as ‘Unio framesi’].
Type(s): TYPE SMF_3545, Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal. | |
Indonaia victoriae Connolly, 1925
‘Preston’ Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
(error for Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905) | |
Unio coeruleus Lea, 1836
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Lea, 1836. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 26.
Lea, 1838. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 20.
Lea, 1852. Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 30 [as ‘cœruleus’].
Küster, 1861. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 228.
Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [5].
(error for Unio caeruleus Lea, 1831) | |
Unio verreauxi E.A. Smith, 1891
‘Kuster’ of Authors.
E.A. Smith, 1891. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8: 319.
Sturany, 1899. Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 627.
Connolly, 1925. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: [1].
Connolly, 1939. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 33: 608.
Heard & Vail, 1976. Zool. Africana 11(1): 45.
(error for Unio verrauxi Küster, 1856) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsCafferia caffra (Krs.) = Unio caffer Cafferia caffra obesa subsp. nov. = Unio caffer Cafferia caffra verreauxi [sic] (Charp., Küst., 1856) = Unio caffer
+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856 Indonaia cronini [sic] (Walker) = Leoparreysia tavoyensis Indonaia ellenbergeri (Germain) = Coelatura kunenensis Indonaia framesi sp. n. = Coelatura mossambicensis Indonaia kunenensis (Mousson) = Coelatura kunenensis Indonaia mossambicensis (Peters) = Coelatura mossambicensis Indonaia victoriae [sic] Preston = Coelatura kunenensis
+ Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905
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