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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura

species Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Coelatura alluaudiGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024)

Range

Lake Victoria, Kenya and Uganda.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Kenya

specimen
MNHN_MP_0324

Baie de Kavinondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MNHN_MP_0324

Baie de Kavinondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MNHN_MP_0351

Baie de Kavinondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MNHN_MP_0351

Baie de Kavinondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0179

Baie de Kavirondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
SMF_3555

Kavirondo Bucht, Victoria See

specimen
SMF_3555

Kavirondo Bucht, Victoria See

specimen
MNHN_MP_1386

Kavirondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MNHN_MP_1388

Kavirondo, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MRAC_86227

Lac Victoria Nyanza, baie de Kavirondo

specimen
BMNH_1904-1-20-12-13

Lake Victoria, British East Africa


Tanzania

specimen
USNM_894315

Lake Victoria, Speke Gulf, W side Nafuba Island, NNE of Mwanza, Tanzania


Uganda

specimen
MNHN_MP_1389

Entebbe, Victoria Nyanza

specimen
MNHN_MP_1422

Victoria Nyanza, occidental Entebbe Dragage

specimen
MNHN_MP_1422

Victoria Nyanza, occidental Entebbe Dragage


unknown

specimen
BMNH_1930-12-3-362

Victoria Nyanza

specimen
BMNH_1930-12-3-362

Victoria Nyanza

specimen
BMNH_1930-12-3-363

Victoria Nyanza

specimen
BMNH_1937-12-30-13127

Victoria Nyanza

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0848

Victoria Nyanza

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers


Kenya

UGSB_15541 (21572). (16S: MT218181, 28S: MT218056, COI: MT216364, H3: MT183362, go to Genbank) Kenya: Lake Victoria (0.08075 S 34.03286 E).


Uganda

UGSB_5298 (21552). (16S: MT218171, 28S: MT218046, COI: MT216356, H3: MT183353, go to Genbank) Uganda: Lake Victoria (0.14242 N 33.54471 E).

UGSB_5521 (21594). (16S: MT218198, 28S: MT218067, COI: MT216379, H3: MT183368, go to Genbank) Uganda: Lake Victoria (0.22237 S 32.37996 E).