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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Crowley et al. (1964): summary
publication summary Complete CitationCrowley, T.E., T Pain & F.R. Woodward. 1964. A monographic review of the Mollusca of Lake Nyassa. Annales Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale 131. 58 pp., 8 pls.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesGrandidieria bloomeri Crowley et al., 1964
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 53, pl. 7, figs. 41-42. | |
Indonaia mossambicensis Crowley et al., 1964
‘von Martens’ Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 55, pl. 7, fig. 45-46. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860) | |
Nyassunio ecclesi Crowley et al., 1964
 Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 52, pl. 6, figs. 39-40.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_793224, Nyassaland: Lac Nyassa. | |
Parreysia hypsiprimnus Simpson, 1900
‘von Martens’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 849.
Simpson, 1914. Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1136.
Haas, 1936. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 68.
Woodward in Crowley et al., 1964. Annals Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 131: 47.
(error for Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAspatharia (s.s.) subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867) = Aspatharia subreniformis
+ Mutela sarae Preston, 1913 Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Chambardia nyassaensis
+ Spathella kirki Ancey, 1894
+ Spatha anceyi Ancey, 1894
+ Spatha (s.s.) lacustris Simpson, 1900
+ Spatha approximans Preston, 1910
+ Spatha bertilloniana Preston, 1910
+ Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913
+ Spatha kirki var. liederi Martens, 1897 Aspatharia (Spathopsis) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Chambardia wahlbergi Grandidieria bloomeri Crowley et al., 1964 = Coelatura hypsiprymna Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Unio sennariensis [sic] var. schweinfurthi Martens, 1873
+ Unio borellii Ancey, 1894
+ Unio lechaptoisi Ancey, 1894
+ Unio lechaptoisi var. minor Martens, 1897
+ Unio shireensis Preston, 1910
+ Unio (Nodularia) caesariana Preston, 1913 Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) = Coelatura aegyptiaca Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) = Coelatura mossambicensis Mutela alata alata (Lea, 1864) = Mutela alata Mutela alata simpsoni Ancey, 1894 = Mutela alata
+ Mutela opalescens Preston, 1910
+ Mutela cuneata Preston, 1910 Nyassunio ecclesi Crowley et al., 1964 = Nyassunio nyassaensis Nyassunio nyassaensis aferula (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio nyassaensis Nyassunio nyassaensis hercules (Preston, 1913) = Nyassunio nyassaensis Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio nyassaensis
+ Ruellania nyassaensis Leloup, 1950
+ Unio nyassaensis E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889
+ Unio kirkii Lea, 1864
+ Unio nyassae Sowerby, 1866
+ Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881
+ Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881
+ Unio nyassanus Bourguignat, 1889
+ Unio hypsiprymnus Martens, 1897
+ Parreysia hypsiprimnus Simpson, 1900 Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Nyassunio ujijiensis Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) = Coelatura hypsiprymna
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