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

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nominal species Unio verreauxianus Lea, 1867

Lea, 1867, Obs., index I-XI: errata.
Lea, 1870, Synopsis Fam. Naiades: 36.
(new name for Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856)

= Unio caffer

Taxonomic Opinions

+ Unio caffer F. Krauss, 1848 — Bieler, 2021
+ Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) — Daget, 1998
+ Unio verreauianus Lea, 1856 — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
+ Unio (sec. Cafferia) caffer Krauss, 1848 — Simpson, 1914
= Nodularia (Cafferia) caffra var. verreauxiana Lea — Kobelt, 1910
+ Nodularia (sec. Cafferia) caffer (Krauss, 1848) — Simpson, 1900
= Margaron (Unio) verreauxianus (Lea) — Lea, 1870

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