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 africanus Lea, 1856

Lea, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8: 94.
Lea, 1857, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 3 [O. 6]: 300 [20], pl. 27, fig. 15.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_85233, C. Good Hope.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939
= Unio africanus Lea, 1856 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. africanus Lea, 1856 — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Cafferia) caffra var. africana Lea — Kobelt, 1910
= Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer var. africana (Lea, 1856) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sturany, 1899
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — E.A. Smith, 1891
= Margaron (Unio) africanus (Lea) — Lea, 1870
+ Unio caffer Krauss, 1848 — Sowerby, 1866
= Unio africanus Lea, 1856 — Reeve, 1865

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