MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography

Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026

Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Coelatura

species Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885): specimens

6 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Coelatura ratidota — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Tanzania and perhaps Kenya. (Afrotropics: AF5)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Coelatura ratidota

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Kenya

MNHN_MP_1449
Bua, Afrique Centrale Britannique

Tanzania

BMNH_65-1-3-29 E Africa, Wyanamo [locality illegible], Kingami River	BMNH_65-1-3-29 E Africa, Wyanamo [locality illegible], Kingami River	MNHN_MP_0035 Fleuve de Kingani, pres de Bagamoyo
MNHN_MP_0035 Fleuve de Kingani, pres de Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_1393 fleuve Kingani	MNHN_MP_0022 fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo
MNHN_MP_0022 fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_0022 fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_1545 fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo
MNHN_MP_1545 fleuve Kingani, Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_0131 fleuve Kyngani, pres de Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_0131 fleuve Kyngani, pres de Bagamoyo
MNHN_MP_0092 Kyngani, Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_0092 Kyngani, Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_1452 Kyngani, pres de Bogamois
ZMB_104896 Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam	ZMB_104896 Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam	ZMB_104819 Ulanga, Tansania

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Tanzania

UGSB_17458 (22938). (28S: MT218150, COI: MT216483, H3: MT183442, go to GenBank) Tanzania: Morogoro (6.857167 S 37.613333 E).