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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio caffer

nominal species Unio (Hyridella) hygapanus O. Boettger, 1866

O. Boettger, 1866, Ber. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 1885/86: 26, pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE SMF_3441, Hygap östl. v. Keheum, S. Kalahari.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Marshall & Fenwick, 2006
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939
- NO OPINION — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) hygapanus Boettger, O., 1866 — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Cafferia) hygapanus Bttg. — Kobelt, 1910
= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) hygapanus (Boettger, O., 1866) — Simpson, 1900

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