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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura mossambicensis

nominal species Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860

‘Peters’ Martens, 1860, Malak. Blatt. 6: 218, pl. 3, figs. 3-5.
‘Ptrs.’ Martens, 1897, Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 225, pl. 7, fig. 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_4654A, Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi.

= Coelatura mossambicensis

Taxonomic Opinions

= Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Coelatura mossambicensis — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf et al., 2014
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — IUCN, 2010
= Coelatura mossambicensis von Martens, 1860 — Bogan, 2010
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
= Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004
= Coelatura mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Daget, 1998
= Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
= Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Kenmuir, 1980
= Caelatura [sic] mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Appleton, 1979
= Afronaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Haas, 1969
= Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Crowley et al., 1964
= Unio mossambicensis Ptrs., Mts., 1859 — Connolly, 1939
= Indonaia mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Haas, 1936
- NO OPINION — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Indonaia mossambicensis (Peters) — Connolly, 1925
= Nodularia (s.s.) mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Coelatura) mossambicensis Peters — Kobelt, 1910
= Nodularia (s.s.) mossambicensis (von Martens, 1860) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio mossambicensis (Peters, mscr. bei Martens, 1860) — Sturany, 1899
= Unio mossambicensis von Martens, 1860 — Martens, 1897
= Unio mossambicensis Peters mss, in Martens — Bourguignat, 1889
= Unio mossambicensis ‘Peters’ von Martens, 1879 — Charmes, 1885
- NO OPINION — Lea, 1870
= Unio mossambicensis Peters mscr. — Martens, 1860

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