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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura horei

nominal species Unio gerrardi Martens, 1897


E.A. Smith, 1880, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880: 351 [as ‘U. niloticus Cailliaud’].
Martens, 1897, Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 223, pl. 7, fig. 5.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_32910A, Tanganyikasee, Tanzania.

= Coelatura horei

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880) — IUCN, 2010
+ Coelatura horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004
+ Coelatura horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1969
+ Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca f. calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) — Leloup, 1950
+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1936
= Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) gerrardi (von Martens, 1897) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) gerrardi (von Martens, 1897) — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Coelatura) gerrardi Martens — Kobelt, 1910
= Unio gerrardi Martens — E.A. Smith, 1904
= Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) nilotica var. gerrardi (von Martens, 1897) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio gerrardi von Martens, 1897 — Martens, 1897

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