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 caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898

Sturany, 1898, Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. , Math.-Nat. Classe 35(16): 161.
Sturany, 1899, Denk. Ak. Wien 67: 627, pl. 3, figs. 64-65.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio caffer Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): SYNTYPES NMW_XXX, Panda ma tinka (Zambezi drainage).

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
+ 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
= Unio (Cafferia) caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. pentheri Sturany, 1898 — Simpson, 1914
= Unio caffer var. pentheri n. — Sturany, 1899

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