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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio caffer

nominal species Unio vaalensis Chaper, 1885

Chaper, 1885, Bull. Soc. Zool. France 10: 480, pl. 11, figs. 1-3.
Type(s): SYNTYPES MNHN_MP_0180, la Vaal, Afrique Australe.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Marshall & Fenwick, 2006
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939
+ Unio natalensis Lea, 1864 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. vaalensis Chaper, 1885 — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Cafferia) caffra var. vaalensis Chaper — Kobelt, 1910
= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. vaalensis (Chaper, 1885) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sturany, 1899
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — E.A. Smith, 1891

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