MolluscaBase - Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1894

MolluscaBase name details

Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1894

AphiaID

1355654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1355654)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (unavailable; a junior homonym of Unio johnstoni Etheridge, 1881)

Accepted name

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F. R. Woodward, 1991

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Pseudavicula C. T. Simpson, 1900

Parent

Unio (Metaptera) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Potamilus Rafinesque, 1818

Original name

Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1894

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1894). On a collection of land and freshwater shells transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston from British Central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1893: 632-641. Dated 1893 published 1894., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992948
page(s): 640, pl. 59, figs. 18-20 [details]

Type data

Note Lake Mweru

Type locality Lake Mweru [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1894. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355654 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-07-04 11:56:32Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2020-10-21 09:43:55Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Notes (1)

original description Smith, E. A. (1894). On a collection of land and freshwater shells transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston from British Central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1893: 632-641. Dated 1893 published 1894., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992948
page(s): 640, pl. 59, figs. 18-20 [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Lake Mweru [details]