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

BRUCE A. MARSHALL AND MARK C. FENWICK
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand
Email: BruceM@tepapa.govt.nz

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.

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