Unio zelebori Dunker in Dunker &amp; Zelebor, 1866, a form of Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae)

BRUCE A. MARSHALL; MARK C. FENWICK

doi:10.11646/mr.26.1.3

Issue: Vol. 26 No. 1: 22 May 2006

Type: Articles

Published: 2006-05-22

DOI: 10.11646/mr.26.1.3

Page range: 19–22

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Unio zelebori Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866, **a form of Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae)**

BRUCE A. MARSHALL⁺⁻
MARK C. FENWICK⁺⁻

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand

Mollusca Bivalvia Unionidae Hyriidae Hyridella Cafferia taxonomy

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Abstract

Unio zelebori Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866, long accepted as being of New Zealand origin and a synonym of Hyridella (Echyridella) menziesii (Gray, 1843), is based on mislocalised specimens of the southern African fresh-water mussel Cafferia caffra (Krauss, 1848). A syntype of U. zelebori is illustrated.