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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Coelatura Conrad, 1853: nominal genera
     25 valid species

Caelatura Conrad, 1853
‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 267 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 820 [as ‘Cælatura’].
Pallary, 1909, Mém. Inst. Égypte 6(1): 76.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1019.
Germain, 1918, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 24: 41.
Germain, 1919, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 122.
Germain, 1921, Faun. malac. Terr. e Fluv. Iles Mascareignes: 403.
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 42.
Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927, Bull. AMNH 53: 399.
Haas, 1927, Senckenbergiana 9: 21.
Haas, 1929, Senckenbergiana 11: 111.
Bloomer, 1932, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 20: 168.
Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 1248.
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 54.
Dartevelle & Schwetz, 1937, Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belgique 68: 60.
Haas, 1940, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 140.
Modell, 1942, Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Bloomer, 1946, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 68.
Bloomer, 1949, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 27: 241.
Franc, 1949, J. de Conch. 9: 158.
Leloup, 1950, Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 40.
Mongin, 1963, Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 10.
Modell, 1964, Arch. Moll. 93: 116.
Mandahl-Barth, 1968, Expl. Hydrobiol. Bangweulu-Luapula 12: 51.
Starobogatov, 1970, Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
Fischer-Piette & Métivier, 1974, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 133: 10.
Appleton, 1979, Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 77(9): 154.
Kenmuir, 1980, Trans. Zimbabwe Sci. Assoc. 60(2): 7.
Curtis & Appleton, 1987, Jour. SWA Sci. Soc. 40-41: 50.
Ibrahim et al., 1999, EEAA Nat. Biodiv. Unit (10): 74.
Millard, 2001, Class. Moll. (3): 1061.
(incorrect original spelling of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)

Coelatura Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 268 [as ‘Cœlatura’].
(correct name for Caelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 (monotypy) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886
Bourguignat, 1880, Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 3 [nomen nudum].
Jousseaume, 1886, Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 486.
Bourguignat, 1888, Iconogr. Malac. Lac Tanganika: 47, pl. 21.
Bourguignat, 1889, Moll. Afrique Équatoriale: 191.
Type species: Pharaonia bellamyi Jousseaume, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Reneus Jousseaume, 1886
Jousseaume, 1886, Bull. Soc. Zool. France 11: 481.
(renamed Renatus Rochebrune, 1904)
Type species: Reneus reneus Jousseaume, 1886 (tautonomy) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Zairia Rochebrune, 1886
Rochebrune, 1886, Bull. Soc. Malac. France 3: 10.
Type species: Zairia elegans Rochebrune, 1886 (sub. desig. by Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 399) = Coelatura gabonensis

Laevirostris Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 894 [as ‘Lævirostris’].
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1308.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Diplodon Wagner, 1827)
Type species: Unio stagnorum Dautzenberg, 1890 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura stagnorum

Zaira Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 862.
(error for Zairia Rochebrune, 1886)

Renatus Rochebrune, 1904
Rochebrune, 1904, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 257.
(new name for Reneus Jousseaume, 1886)

Horusia Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 43.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio rugifer Küster, 1856 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Iaronia Pallary, 1924
Pallary, 1924, Mém. Inst. Égypte 7 (n.s.): 44, 49.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio niloticus Cailliaud, 1827 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Corlatura Preston, 1930
‘Conrad’ Preston, 1930, Zool. Rec. 66: 88.
(error for Coelatura Conrad, 1853)

Jaronia Thiele, 1934
‘Pallary’ Thiele, 1934, Handb. Syst. Weichtierk. 3: 818 [1248].
(error for Iaronia Pallary, 1924)

Afroparreysia Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 84.
Type species: Parreysia lobensis Frierson, 1913 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura lobensis

Kalliphenga Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 72.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Unio ruellani Bourguignat, 1883 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Mesafra Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 83.
Type species: Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura mesafricana

Rhytidonaia Haas, 1936
Haas, 1936, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 431: 65.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Caelatura graueri Haas, 1927 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Afronaia Haas, 1962
Haas, 1962, Arch. Moll. 91: 215.
Type species: Indonaia framesi Connolly, 1925 (orig. desig.) = Coelatura mossambicensis

Zairiella Haas, 1962
Haas, 1962, Arch. Moll. 91: 215.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Coelatura Conrad, 1853)
Type species: Caelatura (Zairia) cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954 (original designation) = Coelatura cridlandi

Zairella Millard, 2001
‘Haas’ Millard, 2001, Class. Moll. (3): 1064.
(error for Zairiella Haas, 1962)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Diplodon (Laevirostris)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cælatura [sic])Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Nodularia (sec. Cafferia)Simpson (1900)
Parreysia (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Simpson (1900), Pallary (1909), Kobelt (1910), Simpson (1914), ..., Lévèque (1967), Haas (1969), Barré et al. (1982), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
UnioPallary (1903), E.A. Smith (1904), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Connolly (1939), IUCN (1996)
Unio (Nodularia)Germain (1907), Germain (1907), Germain (1907)
Unio (Grandidieria)Germain (1907)
Nodularia (Cælatura [sic])Pallary (1909), Germain (1919)
PharaoniaPallary (1909)
Nodularia (Coelatura)Kobelt (1910)
Nodularia (Cafferia)Kobelt (1910)
Parreyssia [sic]Kobelt (1910)
ZairiaKobelt (1910)
ParreysiaFrierson (1913), Simpson (1914), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Bloomer (1932)
GrandidieriaSimpson (1914), Crowley et al. (1964)
Unio (sec. Cafferia)Simpson (1914)
NodulariaSimpson (1914), Germain (1925)
Nodularia (Caelatura [sic])Germain (1921)
Cælatura [sic] (s.s.)Pallary (1924), Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Cælatura [sic] (Horusia)Pallary (1924)
Unio (Iaronia)Pallary (1924)
IndonaiaConnolly (1925), Connolly (1931), Haas (1936), Dartevelle (1939), Crowley et al. (1964)
Cælatura [sic] (Laevirostris)Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927)
Cælatura [sic]Pilsbry & Bequaert (1927), Bloomer (1932)
Caelatura [sic]Haas (1927), Haas (1929), Thiele (1934), Haas (1940), ..., Appleton (1979), Kenmuir (1980), Curtis & Appleton (1987), Mandahl-Barth (1988)
Caelatura [sic] (Laevirostris)Thiele (1934), Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (s.s.)Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Caelatura [sic] (Rhytidonaia)Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairia)Haas (1936), Dartevelle & Schwetz (1937), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura [sic] (Kalliphenga)Haas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
MesafraHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
AfroparreysiaHaas (1936), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Caelatura (s.s.) [sic]Leloup (1950), Van Damme (1984), Sleem & Ali (2008)
NyassunioCrowley et al. (1964)
Caelatura [sic] (Zairiella)Haas (1969)
AfronaiaHaas (1969)
ZairiellaStarobogatov (1970)
CoelaturaDaget (1998), Bogan & Hoeh (2000), Hoeh et al. (2001), Hoeh et al. (2002), ..., Bolotov et al. (2022), Chen et al. (2023), Bolotov et al. (2024), Zieritz et al. (2024)
Caelatura [sic] (Iaronia)Ibrahim et al. (1999)
Caelatura [sic] (Horusia)Ibrahim et al. (1999)

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