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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 ujijiensis

nominal species Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1881


E.A. Smith, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 298, pl. 34, fig. 34a.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864; homonym of Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880; renamed Unio nyassaensis var. ujijiensis Crosse, 1881)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_80-12-20-39, Lake Tanganyika.

= Nyassunio ujijiensis

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
+ Coelatura ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) — Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004
+ Nyassunio ujijensis [sic] (Crosse, 1881) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
+ Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) — Haas, 1969
+ Nyassunio nyassaensis nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Crowley et al., 1964
+ Parreysia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864) — Leloup, 1950
+ Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) — Haas, 1936
+ Parreysia ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Parreysia (s.s.) ujijiensis (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1914
+ Parreysia (s.s.) ujijiensis (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1900
+ Grandidieria ujijensis [sic] Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1886
+ Grandidieria ujijensis [sic] Bourguignat — Bourguignat, 1885
+ Unio ujijiensis Crosse, 1881 — Bourguignat, 1883
= Unio nyassaensis var. tanganyicensisE.A. Smith, 1881

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