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Coelatura Conrad, 1853
1035626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035626)
accepted
Genus
Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1823 accepted as Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823) (type by monotypy)
Afronaia F. Haas, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caelatura [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Caelatura (Caelatura) [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Caelatura (Zairia) Rochebrune, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coelatura (Iaronia) Pallary, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coelatura (Jaronia) Thiele, 1934 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Mesafra F. Haas, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nodularia (Coelatura) Conrad, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
Reneus Jousseaume, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Unio (Coelatura) Conrad, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Zairia Rochebrune, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823)
- Species Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)
- Species Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)
- Species Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)
- Species Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1910)
- Species Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
- Species Coelatura disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886)
- Species Coelatura essoensis (Chaper, 1885)
- Species Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)
- Species Coelatura gommeryi Musalizi, 2017 †
- Species Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Coelatura horei (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Species Coelatura hypsiprymna (E. von Martens, 1897)
- Species Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
- Species Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1888)
- Species Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1899)
- Species Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
- Species Coelatura luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)
- Species Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
- Species Coelatura mossambicensis (E. von Martens, 1860)
- Species Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)
- Species Coelatura rothschildi (H. Neuville & R. Anthony, 1906)
- Species Coelatura rukwaensis L. R. Cox, 1939 †
- Species Coelatura scholzi Van Damme & Pickford, 2010 †
- Species Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
- Species Coelatura stuhlmanni (E. von Martens, 1897)
- Species Coelatura madagascariensis (Sganzin, 1841) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Coelatura malgachensis (Germain, 1911) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Coelatura (Iaronia) Pallary, 1924 accepted as Coelatura Conrad, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Coelatura (Jaronia) Thiele, 1934 accepted as Coelatura (Iaronia) Pallary, 1924 accepted as Coelatura Conrad, 1853 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Subgenus Coelatura (Mweruella) F. Haas, 1936 accepted as Mweruella F. Haas, 1936 accepted as Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928 (original rank)
- Species Coelatura burtoni (S. P. Woodward, 1859) accepted as Grandidieria burtoni (S. P. Woodward, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Coelatura cariei (Germain, 1919) accepted as Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1823)
- Species Coelatura framesi (Connolly, 1925) accepted as Coelatura mossambicensis (E. von Martens, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coelatura geayi (Germain, 1911) accepted as Germainaia geayi (Germain, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
recent + fossil
feminine
(of Unio (Coelatura) Conrad, 1853) Conrad, T. A. (1853). A synopsis of the family of Naiades of North America, with notes, and a table of some of the genera and sub-genera of the family, according to their geographical distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(7): 243-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779779
page(s): 267, 268 [details]
page(s): 267, 268 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Coelatura Conrad, 1853. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035626 on 2026-09-10
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original description
(of Unio (Coelatura) Conrad, 1853) Conrad, T. A. (1853). A synopsis of the family of Naiades of North America, with notes, and a table of some of the genera and sub-genera of the family, according to their geographical distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(7): 243-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779779
page(s): 267, 268 [details]
original description (of Afronaia F. Haas, 1962) Haas F. (1962). Zur Unionidenfauna Afrikas. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 91: 215-216.
page(s): 215 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Mesafra F. Haas, 1936) Haas, F. (1936). Binnen-Mollusken aus Inner-Afrikahauptsächlich gesammelt von Dr. F. Haas während der Schomburgk-Expedition in den Jahren 1931/32. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 431: 1-158, pl. 1-8. Frankfurt am Main [20 July].
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Reneus Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 481 [details]
original description (of Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 481, 486 [details]
original description (of Coelatura (Iaronia) Pallary, 1924) Pallary, P. (1924). Supplément à la faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés a l'Institut d'Égypte, 7 (1): 1-61, pl. 1-4. Le Caire., available online at https://archive.org/details/MIE_7-1
page(s): 43, 44 [details]
original description (of Zairia Rochebrune, 1886) Rochebrune A.T., de. (1886). Sur quelques lamellibranches nouveaux provenant du Congo & de ses tributaires. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 3(1): 1-14, pl. 1., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143121
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
source of synonymy Rosenberg, G., Bogan, A. E. & Spamer, E. E. (1990). <i>Coelatura</i> Conrad, 1853, <i>Caelatura</i> Conrad, 1865 and <i>Coelatura</i> Pfeiffer, 1877 (Mollusca): a tale of two dipthongs. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 104(1): 29-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8501101 [details]
page(s): 267, 268 [details]
original description (of Afronaia F. Haas, 1962) Haas F. (1962). Zur Unionidenfauna Afrikas. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 91: 215-216.
page(s): 215 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Mesafra F. Haas, 1936) Haas, F. (1936). Binnen-Mollusken aus Inner-Afrikahauptsächlich gesammelt von Dr. F. Haas während der Schomburgk-Expedition in den Jahren 1931/32. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 431: 1-158, pl. 1-8. Frankfurt am Main [20 July].
page(s): 83 [details]
original description (of Reneus Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 481 [details]
original description (of Pharaonia Jousseaume, 1886) Jousseaume F. (1886). Coquilles du Haut-Sénégal. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 11: 471-502, pls 12-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7149154
page(s): 481, 486 [details]
original description (of Coelatura (Iaronia) Pallary, 1924) Pallary, P. (1924). Supplément à la faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Égypte. Mémoires présentés a l'Institut d'Égypte, 7 (1): 1-61, pl. 1-4. Le Caire., available online at https://archive.org/details/MIE_7-1
page(s): 43, 44 [details]
original description (of Zairia Rochebrune, 1886) Rochebrune A.T., de. (1886). Sur quelques lamellibranches nouveaux provenant du Congo & de ses tributaires. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 3(1): 1-14, pl. 1., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16143121
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
source of synonymy Rosenberg, G., Bogan, A. E. & Spamer, E. E. (1990). <i>Coelatura</i> Conrad, 1853, <i>Caelatura</i> Conrad, 1865 and <i>Coelatura</i> Pfeiffer, 1877 (Mollusca): a tale of two dipthongs. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 104(1): 29-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8501101 [details]
