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

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nominal species Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 301 [21], pl. 27, fig. 16.
(renamed Unio verreauxianus Lea, 1867)
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_84418, C. Good Hope.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio caffer F. Krauss, 1848 — Bieler, 2021
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939
= Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Cafferia caffra verreauxi [sic] (Charp., Küst., 1856) — Connolly, 1925
+ Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer Krauss, 1848 — Simpson, 1914
+ Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sturany, 1899
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — E.A. Smith, 1891
= Unio verrauianus [sic] Lea, 1856 — Sowerby, 1868

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