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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Nyassunio

species Nyassunio ujijiensis (Crosse, 1881): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (5 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Nyassunio ujijiensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Lake Tanganyika, Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

Congo (DRC)

Tanzania

BMNH_80-12-20-40-41. Lake Tanganyika

unknown