Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Coelatura Conrad, 1853: species

14 available nominal genus synonyms (19 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

synonymy (54 available, 158 total) | specimens (720 + 7 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread from Senegal and the Niger rivers, through the Lake Chad Basin to the Nile, Africa. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Extinct (Unio cariei), Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura alluaudi

Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)

synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (15 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lake Victoria, Kenya and Uganda. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura bakeri

Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)

synonymy (3 available, 6 total) | specimens (159 + 5 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lakes Albert and Turkana, Uganda and Kenya. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura briarti

Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)

synonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (28 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Congo Basin, Africa, DRC, Congo (Brazzaville), and the Central African Republic. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura choziensis

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1910)

synonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (33 + 7 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lake Bangweulu Basin, Upper Congo, Zambia. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, H3, SRA
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)

Range: Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura disciformis

Coelatura disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886)

synonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (31)

Range: Known only from the vicinity of Malebo Pool, Congo Basin, DRC and Congo (Brazzaville). (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B2ab(iii) (Coelatura rotula)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura essoensis

Coelatura essoensis (Chaper, 1885)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (10)

Range: Côte d’Ivoire. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura gabonensis

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)

synonymy (10 available, 12 total) | specimens (143 + 11 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread in Gabon and throughout the Congo Basin, Central Africa. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura hauttecoeuri

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)

synonymy (12 available, 23 total) | specimens (201 + 19 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura horei

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)

synonymy (18 available, 26 total) | specimens (100 + 8 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lake Tanganyika, DRC, Zambia, and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura hypsiprymna

Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897)

synonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (10 + 23 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lake Malawi, Malawi and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura kipopoensis

Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968

synonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (18)

Range: Upper Congo, DRC. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura kunenensis

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)

synonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (54 + 31 Genbank vouchers)

Range: From the Cunene River east through the Okavango, to the upper Zambezi, southern Africa. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura leopoldvillensis

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)

synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (49 + 4 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Congo Basin, DRC. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)

synonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (6)

Range: Cameroon. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered D
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura luapulaensis

Coelatura luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)

synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (23 + 5 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Upper Congo Basin, above Lake Mweru, Zambia and DRC. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura mesafricana

Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (10 + 2 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Garamba River, Congo. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura mossambicensis

Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860)

synonymy (8 available, 10 total) | specimens (70 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Widespread from Tanzania south to Mozambique and Malawi; up the Zambezi as far as Lake Kariba. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura ratidota

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)

synonymy (6 available, 13 total) | specimens (11 + 1 Genbank voucher)

Range: Tanzania and perhaps Kenya. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura rothschildi

Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)

synonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Subfossil in Lake Turkana, Kenya. Extinct. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura stagnorum

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)

synonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (34)

Range: Lower Congo, near the mouth, DRC. (Afrotropics)

IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura stanleyvillensis

Coelatura stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (22 + 3 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Congo River. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3

Decorative image of a representative of Coelatura stuhlmanni

Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)

synonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (47 + 9 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Lakes Edward and Albert, Uganda and DRC. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura scholzi Van Damme & Pickford, 2010 (Tertiary)

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

Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

other links: MolluscaBase