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

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nominal species Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889

‘Lea’ E.A. Smith, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: pl. 34, fig. 34b. [in part]
Bourguignat, 1889, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 6: 38.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_1880-12-20-130, Lake Nyassa.

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Daget, 1998
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1969
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964
+ Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1936
= Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1914
+ Parreysia (s.s.) nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio nyassaënsis Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897
= Unio hermosus Bourguignat, 1889 — Ancey, 1894
= Unio hermosus Bourg., 1888, Sp. nov. — Bourguignat, 1889

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