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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura aegyptiaca

nominal species Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827

Savigny, 1813, Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, figs. 3-6.
Cailliaud, 1827, Voyage à Meroe 4: 263.
Cailliaud, 1827, Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 61, figs. 6-7.
(renamed Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832)

= Coelatura aegyptiaca

Taxonomic Opinions

= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823) — Dai et al., 2025
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2024
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Zieritz et al., 2024
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823) — Chen et al., 2023
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2022
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2022
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2021
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Lopes-Lima et al., 2021
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Wu et al., 2021
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Lopes-Lima et al., 2020
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2020
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca sp. 1 (Cailliaud, 1827) — Huang et al., 2019
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Jeratthitikul et al., 2019
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2019
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca sp. 2 (Cailliaud, 1827) — Huang et al., 2019
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca sp. 1 (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2018
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Pfeiffer et al., 2018
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura aff. aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bolotov et al., 2017
= Coelatura egyptiaca [sic] — Araujo et al., 2017
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Konopleva et al., 2017
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Zieritz et al., 2015
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf et al., 2014
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Pfeiffer & Graf, 2013
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2011
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Whelan et al., 2011
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — IUCN, 2010
= Coelatura aegyptiaca Cailliaud, 1827 — Bogan, 2010
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Van Damme et al., 2010
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2009
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Hoeh et al., 2009
= Coelatura aegyptiaca — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer, 2009
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2007
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Graf & Cummings, 2006
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Roe & Hoeh, 2003
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Hoeh et al., 2002
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Hoeh et al., 2001
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
= Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Ibrahim et al., 1999
= Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998
= Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988
= Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Van Damme, 1984
= Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1969
= Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1969
= Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Lévèque, 1967
+ Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca f. calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) — Leloup, 1950
= Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca Cailliaud — Franc, 1949
= Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Modell, 1942
= Caelatura [sic] egyptiaca [sic] (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1940
= Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1936
= Cælatura [sic] ægyptiaca (Cailliaud) — Bloomer, 1932
= Cælatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Férussac) Cailliaud — Pallary, 1924
= Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Coelatura) aegyptiaca Conrad — Kobelt, 1910
= Nodularia (Cælatura [sic]) ægyptiaca (Férussac) Cailliaud — Pallary, 1909
= Unio aegyptiacus (Férussac) Cailliaud, 1827 — Pallary, 1903
= Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Simpson, 1900
+ Unio (sec. Hyridella) niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 — Paetel, 1890
= Unio aegyptiacus (Fér.) Desh. — Westerlund, 1890
= Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud — Ancey, 1888
= Unio aegyptiacus Férussac — Kobelt, 1886
= Unio aegyptiacus Fér. — Jickeli, 1874
= Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus [sic] (Caill.) — Lea, 1870
= Unio aegyptiacus Fer. — Martens, 1866
= Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 — Reeve, 1865
= Unio aegyptiacus Caillaud — Küster, 1861
= Unio (Hyridella) egyptiacus [sic] Caill. — Adams & Adams, 1857
= Unio aegyptiacus Caillaud — Küster, 1856
= Coelatura aegyptiacus Caill. — Conrad, 1853
= Unio (Naïa) aegyptiacus Caillaud [sic] — Mörch, 1853
= Margaron (Unio) egyptiacus [sic] (Caill.) — Lea, 1852
= Unio egyptiacus [sic] Cail. — Hanley, 1843
= Margarita (Unio) egyptiacus Caill. Fer. — Lea, 1838
+ Margarita (Unio) niloticus Fer. — Lea, 1836
= Unio egyptiaca [sic] Cailliaud — Deshayes, 1832

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