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 Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura species Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860): specimens8 available nominal species synonyms (10 total synonyms)
 Recent Taxonomic OpinionsCoelatura mossambicensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf et al. (2014), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021) RangeWidespread from Tanzania south to Mozambique and Malawi; up the Zambezi as far as Lake Kariba. Map of Georeferenced Specimens
 |  SMF_13496
 Olifants-River, Mundoug d. Letala-River, b. George Camp, O. Transvaal
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 Malawi
 Mozambique|  MRAC_56760
 Angoniland
 |  MRAC_56760
 Angoniland
 |  MNHN_MP_1447
 Chamba sur le Zambese
 |  |  SMF_10384
 Cheringoma Farm Station, Inhaminga der TZR (Trans Zambesian Railway) von Beira nach Caio etwa 100 k sudl d. Sambesi u. 175 km von der Kuste von Mozambique, Port O. Afrika
 |  SMF_10384
 Cheringoma Farm Station, Inhaminga der TZR (Trans Zambesian Railway) von Beira nach Caio etwa 100 k sudl d. Sambesi u. 175 km von der Kuste von Mozambique, Port O. Afrika
 |  ZMB_4654A
 Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi
 |  |  ZMB_4654A
 Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi
 |  ZMB_4654B
 Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi
 |  UMMZ_109605
 Mosambique, Africa
 |  |  SMF_3547
 Tette, unterer [lower] Zambesi, Mossambique
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 South Africa|  SMF_13493
 ... Sabie-Gebiet, 20 km n.v. Satara b. Mabonis George’s Kraal, Ost-Transvaal
 |  MRAC_59142
 E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp
 |  MRAC_59146
 E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp
 |  |  MRAC_59150_02
 E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp
 |  MRAC_59154
 E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp
 |  MRAC_59158
 E. Transvaal: Kruger Park marais a la riv on la riv Sabie, Lower Sabie Camp
 |  |  SMF_13494
 Gr. Letaba-River bei Letaba-Camp, Ost-Transvaal
 |  SMF_3545
 Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal
 |  SMF_3545
 Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal
 |  |  SMF_3546
 Premier Co.’s Dam, junction of Wilge River, Pretoria-District, Transvaal
 |  BMNH_1926-7-7-8
 Premier Mine, Pretoria, South Africa
 |  BMNH_37-12-30-128
 Premier Mine, Pretoria, South Africa
 |  |  FMNH_114661
 Sabie River, at Lower Sabie Camp, Kruger-Park, Transvaal
 |  IRSNB_MP_0760
 Sabie-River bei Lower Sabie-Camp, Kruger Park, Ost-Transvaal
 |  SMF_13495
 Sandbanke im Sabie-River bei Lower Sabie-Camp, Ost-Transvaal
 |  |  SMF_10382
 Ufertümpel des Sabie Rivers bei Lower Sabie Camp, Transvaal
 |  SMF_10383
 Ufertümpel des Sabie Rivers bei Lower Sabie Camp, Transvaal
 |  SMF_13492
 Ufertümpel des Sabie-Rivers bei Lower Sabie Camp, Ost-Transvaal
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 Tanzania|  BMNH_MP_397
 Lake Rukwa, Tanganyika Territory
 |  ZMB_52873B
 Langenburg, Njassa See
 |  ZMB_52873B
 Langenburg, Njassa See
 |  |  ZMB_104816
 Mbampa Bay
 |  ZMB_104816
 Mbampa Bay
 |  SMF_9670
 Mpampa Bucht [Bay], Nyassa See
 |  |  SMF_5014
 Nyassa See Mbampa Bai bei Ameliaburg
 |  SMF_5014
 Nyassa See Mbampa Bai bei Ameliaburg
 |  SMF_13497
 Nyassa-See, Mbambpa bei Amelia
 |  |  ZMB_111745
 Rukwa
 |  ZMB_111745
 Rukwa
 |  MCZ_260507
 Ruvu River, Dar-es-Salaam, Morogoro Road, 5 mi WNW Mlandizi, Eastern Province, Tanganyika [Tanzania]
 |  |  MCZ_MP.257
 Ruvu River, Dar-es-Salaam, Morogoro Road, 5 mi WNW Mlandizi, Eastern Province, Tanganyika [Tanzania]
 |  MCZ_MP.258
 Ruvu River, Dar-es-Salaam, Morogoro Road, 5 mi WNW Mlandizi, Eastern Province, Tanganyika [Tanzania]
 |  ZMB_104820
 Tansania, Malawisee, Mbampa Bay
 |  |  ZMB_104818
 Tansania, Nyassa, Manda Bucht
 |  ZMB_104818
 Tansania, Nyassa, Manda Bucht
 |  ZMB_104815
 Tansania, Nyassa, Mbampa Bay
 |  |  ZMB_104814
 Tansania, Nyassa, Mbampa Bay, Lake Malawi
 |  ZMB_104814
 Tansania, Nyassa, Mbampa Bay, Lake Malawi
 |  ZMB_104817
 Tansania, Rukwasee
 |  |  BMNH_93-8-23-73
 Tumbu, Itawa, S.W. Tanganyika
 |  ZMB_104813
 Ulanga, oberes Rufidschi Gebiet, Tansania, Ruaha River
 |  ZMB_104813
 Ulanga, oberes Rufidschi Gebiet, Tansania, Ruaha River
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 unknown
 Zambia|  ANSP_419407
 Lake Kariba, “Old Harbor” near Kariba Bush Camp, Siansowa, Zambia
 |  ANSP_416280
 Lake Kariba, Siavonga at Manchinchi Beach Hotel, Zambia
 |  ANSP_416285
 Lake Kariba, Sinazongwe at “The Chalets,” Zambia
 |  |  ANSP_416282
 Lake Kariba, Sinazongwe at fisheries station, Zambia
 |  ANSP_416283
 Lake Kariba, Sinazongwe at fisheries station, Zambia
 |  UMMZ_110517
 Luangwa Basin, Zambeze, East Africa
 |  |  UMMZ_110517
 Luangwa Basin, Zambeze, East Africa
 |  ANSP_413310
 Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia
 |  ANSP_413310
 Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia
 |  |  ANSP_413310
 Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia
 |  ANSP_413310
 Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia
 |  ANSP_419409
 Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia
 |  |  INHS_30872
 Luangwa River, Luangwa Bridge on Great Eastern Road, Zambia
 |  BMNH_1947-8-18-4-6
 Luangwa River, Zungwala, Mpika Dist., N. Rhodesia
 |  UMMZ_110509
 Luangwa, Zambezi Basin, East Africa
 |  |  UMMZ_110509
 Luangwa, Zambezi Basin, East Africa
 |  ANSP_419405
 Siamombo River, on the Sinazongwe-Mamba Rd., Zambia
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 Zimbabwe|  MRAC_796901
 Rhodesia: Zambezi River N. of Chikomba River
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 Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers
 MalawiUGSB_15870 (21856). (16S: MT218215, 28S: MT218081, COI: MT216396, H3: MT183382, go to Genbank) Malawi: Shire River (14.45179 S 35.24633 E). UGSB_15538 (21568). (16S: MT218177, 28S: MT218052, COI: MT216361, go to Genbank) Malawi: Shire River (15.02756 S 35.22412 E). 
 MozambiqueUGSB_17434 (22933). (16S: MT218304, COI: MT216480, go to Genbank) Tanzania: Ruvuma branch (10.615 S 40.211667 E). |