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

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nominal species Cafferia caffra obesa Connolly, 1925

Connolly, 1925, Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 261, pl. 1, figs. 1-4.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio caffer Krauss, 1848)
Type(s): POSSIBLE SYNTYPES MCZ_52457, Bushmans River, Alicedale, South Africa.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer connollyi Pilsbry, 1923 — Connolly, 1939
+ Unio (Cafferia) connollyi Pilsbry, 1923 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Cafferia caffra obesa subsp. nov. — Connolly, 1925

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