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

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

nominal species Unio (Nodularia) essoensis var. minor Germain, 1906

Germain, 1906, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 172.
Germain, 1907, L’Afrique Centrale Française: 546.
(homonym of Unio margaritifer var. minor Rossmässler, 1835; intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio essoensis Chaper, 1885)

= Coelatura aegyptiaca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] (Zairia) essoensis (Chaper, 1885) — Haas, 1969
- NO OPINION — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) essoensis var. minor (Germain, 1906) — Simpson, 1914
= Unio (Nodularia) essoensis variété minor Germain, 1906 — Germain, 1907

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