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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Mytilopsis species Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835): synonymy 0 specimens Dreissena africana Van Beneden, 1835 Van Beneden, 1835. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 2: 166. Van Beneden, 1835. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 3: 211, pl. 8, figs. 12-13.
Congeria africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africanus — Nuttall (1990) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Dreissena cyanea Van Beneden, 1838 Van Beneden, 1838. Bull. Acad. roy. sci. lett. beaux-arts Belg. 4: 41, pl. 4, figs. 1-3.
Congeria cyanea — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998), WoRMS (2011) | |
Dreissena lacustris Morelet, 1860 Morelet, 1860. J. de Conch. 4: 191.
Congeria lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998) Mytilopsis lacustris — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Praxis ethericola Rochebrune, 1883 Rochebrune, 1883. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 7: 181.
Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998) | |
Dreissena ornata Morelet, 1885 Morelet, 1885. J. de Conch. 33: 32, pl. 2, fig. 10.
Congeria ornata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998) Mytilopsis ornata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Dreissensia holmi d’Ailly, 1896 d’Ailly, 1896. Bihang till K. Svenska vet. akad. handlingar 22(4): 130, pl. 5, figs. 13-23.
Congeria holmi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998) Mytilopsis ornata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909 Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 88, pl. 4, fig. 3.
Congeria ornata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998) Mytilopsis ornata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) | |
Dreissensia gibberosa Preston, 1909 Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 4.
Congeria gibberosa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998), WoRMS (2011) | |
Dreissensia bananensis Daget, 1998 ‘Preston’ Daget, 1998. Cat. Bivalves Africains: 165. (error for Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Congeria africana — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Congeria cyanea — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Congeria lacustris — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Congeria ornata — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Congeria holmi — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Congeria gibberosa — Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927) Mytilopsis africanus — Nuttall (1990) Mytilopsis africana — Daget (1998), IUCN (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) Mytilopsis lacustris — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011) Mytilopsis ornata — Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
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