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
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nitia
species Nitia acuminata (H. Adams, 1866): specimens
1 available nominal species synonym (2 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Nitia acuminata — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2011), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)
Range
Lake Albert, Africa.
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Congo (DRC)
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Uganda
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Genbank Vouchers
Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers
Uganda
UGSB_15571 (21590). (16S: MT218194, 28S: MT218063, COI: MT216375, go to Genbank) Uganda: Lake Victoria (0.30371 S 32.28927 E).