MolluscaBase taxon details
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 [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]
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