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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini | Unio

species Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866: specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio abyssinicusGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Araujo et al. (2018)

Range

Lake Tana, Ethiopia and as a subfossil in the Nile, northeastern Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


specimen
SMF_21193

A.d. Tsana- (= Dembea-) See [Tanasee], Abessinien [Äthiopien Amhara]

specimen
SMF_21194

prähistorische Kulturschicht von Sebil bei [ca. 3 km N von] Kom Ombo [43,5 km N von Assuan], Oberägypten [Ägypten Aswan/Assuan]


Egypt

specimen
ZMB_66042

Edward Bank, Fayum

specimen
BMNH_1937-12-30-13069

Tamieh Bank, Faiyum, E.W.G.


Ethiopia

specimen
MNHN_MP_1036

Lac Azana, Abyssine

specimen
ZMB_8590

Sudl. Abyssinien

specimen
ZMB_8590

Sudl. Abyssinien

specimen
ZMB_9736

Tsana See

specimen
ZMB_9736

Tsana See


Sudan

specimen
USNM_426720

Kaka, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

specimen
BMNH_99-120-2-8-207

White Nile, 25 miles south of Duiem