	Home \| About \| Database \| Mussel of the Month \| Publications & Presentations

MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Cardioida | Tellinoidea | Donacidae

genus Profischeria Dall, 1903: species

2 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Included Species

Profischeria centralis (Germain, 1904)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Reported from the Niger River, West Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Iphigenia centralis)

Profischeria delessertii (Bernardi, 1860)

syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Estuaries of tropical Atlantic Africa and Lake Togo, Togo, West Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Iphigenia delessertii)

Profischeria congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, estuaries of the Congo. (Afrotropics)

Profischeria curta (Dunker, 1867) (brackish)

syonymy (4 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, estuaries of tropical Atlantic Africa. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Iphigenia curta)

Profischeria truncata (Martens, 1877) (brackish)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Brackish, tropical Atlantic western Africa. (Afrotropics)

"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."
	The MUSSEL Project — Home Page https://musselpdb.org/. Site developed and maintained by Dan Graf & Kevin Cummings. Funded by The National Science Foundation.