Taxonomy Profile: Unio caffer (Krauss 1848)

Unio caffer: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Unio zeyheri
Menke 1848
Unio cyamus
Philippi 1853
Unio verreauianus
Lea 1856
Unio verrauxi
Küster 1856
Unio africanus
Lea 1856
Unio diminutus
Lea 1859
Unio gratiosus
Küster 1861
Unio natalensis
Lea 1864
Unio zelebori
Dunker 1866
Unio fissidens
O Boettger 1866
Unio hygapanus
O Boettger 1866
Unio rectilinearis
Sowerby 1868
Unio vaalensis
Chaper 1885
Unio charon
Preston 1910
Unio vicinus
Preston 1910
Unio mashonae
Preston 1910
Unio silongweensis
Preston 1912
Unio connollyi
Pilsbry 1923
Unio caffer pentheri
Sturany 1898
Cafferia caffra obesa
Connolly 1925
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Unio caffer: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Bivalvia
bivalves |
clams |
bivalve |
mexilhão |
ostra |
bivalves |
palourdes |
Order : Unionoida
Superfamily : Unionoidea
Family : Unionidae
Subfamily : Unioninae
Tribe : Unionini
Genus : Unio
Species : Unio caffer
Unio caffer Direct Children(s):
Unio caffer: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
MUSSEL Project Web Site
Acquired:
2013-08-08
Notes:
Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2013. The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves), updated 8 August 2013. MUSSEL Project Web Site, http://www.mussel-project.net
Reference for:
Unio caffer
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2007-11-01 / 2007-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Review of the systematics and global diversity of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 73, part 4
Page(s):
291-314
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0260-1230
Notes:
doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym029
Reference for:
Unio caffer
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Daget, J.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalogue raisonné des Mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains
Page(s):
329
Publisher:
Backhuys Publishers
Publication Place:
Leiden, The Netherlands
ISBN/ISSN:
90-73348-98-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Unio caffer
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graf, Daniel L., and Kevin S. Cummings
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-12-01 / 2011-12-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Hydrobiologia, vol. 678, no. 1
Page(s):
17-36
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0018-8158
Notes:
doi: 10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
Reference for:
Unio caffer
Unio caffer: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Unio caffer: Comments
Comment:
Southern Africa, north to the Zambezi