MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura
species Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: specimens
2 available nominal species synonyms
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Coelatura gabonensis — IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf et al. (2014)
Coelatura cf. mesafricana — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020)
Coelatura mesafricana — Graf & Cummings (2021), Nagel (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Range
Garamba River, Congo. (Afrotropics: AF3)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Type Specimens
MRAC_56762
Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
holotype
Mesafra stappersi Haas, 1936
AMNH_72202
Medje, 02°25’N, 27°30’E, Belgian Congo [Zaire], Africa
paratype
Caelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
MRAC_56785
Garamba
paratype
Caelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
SMF_10092
Luapula Fluss bei Kasenga Kalanga, Belg. Kongo
paratype
Mesafra stappersi Haas, 1936
MRAC_56763
Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
paratype
Mesafra stappersi Haas, 1936
MRAC_56767
Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
paratype
Mesafra stappersi Haas, 1936
MRAC_56768
Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
paratype
Mesafra stappersi Haas, 1936
MRAC_56783
Riv. Luapula, Kasenga
paratype
Mesafra stappersi Haas, 1936
Other Specimens by Country | show by collection
2 Specimens from Congo (DRC)
MRAC_600001
Kasenga, Riv. Luapula
MRAC_60173
Kasenga, Riv. Luapula
GenBank Vouchers
Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mp_4101_22131. (16S: MT218249, 28S: MT218114, COI: MT216430, H3: MT183411, go to GenBank) Democratic Republic of the Congo: Aruwimi River (1.28577 N 22.77165 E).
Mp_4101_22115. (16S: MT218234, 28S: MT218100, COI: MT216415, H3: MT183399, go to GenBank) Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lomami River (0.76782 N 24.26838 E).
