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

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nominal species Unio mashonae Preston, 1910

Preston, 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 61, pl. 4, fig. 10 [as ‘mashonæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) BMNH_1910-1-15-6, Banks of a strait, or on the veldt about 16 miles from Enkeldoorn, Mashonaland.

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
+ Cafferia caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Haas, 1969
+ Unio (Cafferia) caffer Krs., 1848 — Connolly, 1939
- NO OPINION — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Unio (sec. Cafferia) mashonae Preston, 1910 — Simpson, 1914

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