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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Grandidieria burtoni

nominal species Unio rostralis var. brevior Martens, 1897

Martens, 1897, Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 239.
(new name for Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio rostralis Martens, 1897)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MNHN_MP_0029, Tanganyika.

= Grandidieria burtoni

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1969
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Leloup, 1950
+ Caelatura [sic] (Grandidieria) burtoni (Woodward, 1859) — Haas, 1936
+ Grandidieria gravida Bourguignat, 1885 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- OMITTED — Simpson, 1914
= Unio rostralis var. brevior n. — Martens, 1897

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