MolluscaBase taxon details
Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F. R. Woodward, 1991
1355652 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1355652)
accepted
Species
Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1894 · unaccepted (unavailable; a junior homonym of...)
unavailable; a junior homonym of Unio johnstoni Etheridge, 1881
recent only
Woodward F.R. (1991). Notes on naiad taxonomy (Bivalvia: Unionoida). 2. The genus Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 34: 103-105.
page(s): 104 [details]
page(s): 104 [details]
Note Central Africa, Mweru Lake
From editor or global species database
Type locality Central Africa, Mweru Lake [details]
Distribution Africa, endemic to Lake Mweru and the Luapula in the Upper Congo
Nomenclature new name for Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893
Distribution Africa, endemic to Lake Mweru and the Luapula in the Upper Congo [details]
Nomenclature new name for Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893
Nomenclature new name for Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F. R. Woodward, 1991. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355652 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Woodward F.R. (1991). Notes on naiad taxonomy (Bivalvia: Unionoida). 2. The genus Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 34: 103-105.
page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1894) 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]
basis of record Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 104 [details]
original description (of Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E. A. Smith, 1894) 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]
basis of record Graf, D. L.; Cummings, K. S. (2011). Freshwater mussel (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) richness and endemism in the ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar based on comprehensive museum sampling. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 678(1): 17-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0810-5
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request] From editor or global species database
Distribution Africa, endemic to Lake Mweru and the Luapula in the Upper Congo [details]Nomenclature new name for Unio (Metaptera) johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893 [details]
Type locality Central Africa, Mweru Lake [details]
