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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura gabonensis

nominal species Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912

Preston, 1912, Nautilus 26: 70.
(new name for Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56798, Lower Congo.

= Coelatura gabonensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) — IUCN, 2010
+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1969
+ Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) elegans (Rochebrune, 1886) — Haas, 1936
= Cælatura [sic] putzeysi (Preston, 1912) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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