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 Caelatura aegyptiaca figdiana Bloomer, 1946

Bloomer, 1946, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 69, fig. 1; pl. 6, fig. 3.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) BMNH_1948-5-5-8, Wad Figda, canal between Khartoum and Sennaar, Sudan.

= Coelatura aegyptiaca

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) — Haas, 1969
= Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca figdiana new subspecies — Bloomer, 1946

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