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

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura horei

nominal species Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1886

Bourguignat, 1886, Esp. Nouv. et Genres Nouv. Lac Oukékérewe et Tanganika: 23.
Bourguignat, 1886, Nouv. Malac.: Unio. Iridin. Lac Tanganika: 7.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 45.
Type(s): UNKNOWN MRAC_56578, Tanganyika.

= Coelatura horei

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880) — IUCN, 2010
+ Coelatura horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Daget, 1998
+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1969
= Caelatura (s.s.) [sic] aegyptiaca f. calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) — Leloup, 1950
+ Caelatura [sic] (s.s.) horei (Smith, E.A., 1880) — Haas, 1936
= Cælatura [sic] calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
= Nodularia calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Coelatura) calathus Bourg. — Kobelt, 1910
= Unio calathus Bourguignat — E.A. Smith, 1904
= Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic]) calathus (Bourguignat, 1885) — Simpson, 1900
= Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1885 — Martens, 1897
= Unio calathus Bourg. — Bourguignat, 1889
= Unio calathus — Bourguignat, 1888
= Unio calathus Bourguignat, 1885 — Bourguignat, 1886
= Unio calathus — Bourguignat, 1886

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