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

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Bivalvia | Myoida | Dreissenoidea | Dreissenidae | Mytilopsis

species Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835): synonymy
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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 africanaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanusNuttall (1990)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (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 cyaneaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998), WoRMS (2011)

Dreissena lacustris Morelet, 1860
Morelet, 1860. J. de Conch. 4: 191.

Congeria lacustrisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998)
Mytilopsis lacustrisHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Praxis ethericola Rochebrune, 1883
Rochebrune, 1883. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 7: 181.

Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998)

Dreissena ornata Morelet, 1885
Morelet, 1885. J. de Conch. 33: 32, pl. 2, fig. 10.

Congeria ornataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998)
Mytilopsis ornataHuber (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 holmiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998)
Mytilopsis ornataHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909
Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 88, pl. 4, fig. 3.

Congeria ornataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998)
Mytilopsis ornataHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

Dreissensia gibberosa Preston, 1909
Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 4.

Congeria gibberosaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (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 africanaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Congeria cyaneaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Congeria lacustrisPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Congeria ornataPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Congeria holmiPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Congeria gibberosaPilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Mytilopsis africanusNuttall (1990)
Mytilopsis africanaDaget (1998), IUCN (2010), Huber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Mytilopsis lacustrisHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)
Mytilopsis ornataHuber (2010), WoRMS (2011)

 
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