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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nyassunio nyassaensis

nominal species Unio kirkii Lea, 1864


Lea, 1864, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 16: 108.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 32 [36], pl. 12, fig. 30.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) USNM_84056, L. Nyassa, Central Africa.

= Nyassunio nyassaensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Daget, 1998
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1969
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964
+ Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Haas, 1936
- NO OPINION — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Parreysia (s.s.) kirkii (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1914
= Parreyssia [sic] kirkii Lea — Kobelt, 1910
= Parreysia (s.s.) kirkii (Lea, 1864) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio kirkii Lea, 1864 — Martens, 1897
= Unio kirkii Lea, 1864 — Ancey, 1894
= Unio kirki Lea — Bourguignat, 1889
= Unio nyassaensis var. kirkii Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1881
= Unio nyassaĆ«nsis var. kirkii Lea, 1864 — E.A. Smith, 1877
= Margaron (Unio) kirkii (Lea) — Lea, 1870
= Unio kirkii Lea, 1864 — Lea, 1866

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