MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026
Publication Graf & Cummings (2007): summary
Full Citation
Graf, D.L. & K.S. Cummings. 2007. Preliminary review of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) of northern Africa, with an emphasis on the Nile. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 53D: 89-119. Available electronically.
Taxonomic Opinions
Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea + Anodonta anatina
+ Mytilus anatinus Linnaeus, 1758
Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)
+ Spatha innesi Pallary, 1903
Aspatharia dahomeyensis (Lea, 1859)
Aspatharia divaricata (von Martens, 1897)
Aspatharia marnoi (Jickeli, 1874)
+ Spathella fourtaui Pallary, 1903
There are 58 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)
Aspatharia subreniformis (Sowerby, 1867)
Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1885)
Chambardia letourneuxi Servain, 1890
Chambardia rubens (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Anodonta arcuta Cailliaud, 1823
+ Anodonta arcuata ‘Cailliaud’ of Authors
Chambardia trapezia (von Martens, 1897)
Chambardia trapezia ovoidea (Mandahl-Barth, 1988) = Chambardia trapezia
Chambardia wahlbergi guillaini (Récluz, 1850) = Chambardia wahlbergi
Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni (von Martens, 1866) = Chambardia wahlbergi
Chambardia wahlbergi tabula (Sowerby, 1867) = Chambardia wahlbergi
Chambardia wahlbergi wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) = Chambardia wahlbergi
Chambardia welwitschi (Morelet, 1868) = Chambardia welwitschii
Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
+ Unio bourguignati Landrin, 1864
+ Caelatura (Horusia) bourguignati Ibrahim et al., 1999
Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)
Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)
Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)
Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890) = Coelatura stagnorum + Coelatura disciformis
+ Pharaonia bourguignati Rochebrune, 1886
Coelatura stuhlmanni (von Martens, 1897)
Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807
Mutela alluaudi Germain, 1909
Mutela bourguignati Bourguignat, 1885
Mutela dubia dubia (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia
Mutela dubia emini von Martens, 1897 = Mutela dubia
Mutela dubia garambae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Mutela dubia
Mutela dubia nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) = Mutela dubia
+ Mutelina singularis Pallary, 1924
Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)
Nitia acuminata (H. Adams, 1866)
Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)
Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)
Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847) = Nitia teretiuscula + Nitia mutelaeformis
+ Unio mutelaeformis Germain, 1906
Potomida littoralis (Lamarck, 1801)
Potomida littoralis fellmanni (Deshayes, 1848) = Potomida littoralis
Pseudunio auricularia (Spengler, 1793) = Pseudunio auricularius
Pseudunio auricularia marocana (Pallary, 1918) = Pseudunio marocanus
Unio abyssinicus von Martens, 1866
+ Unio willcocksi Newton, 1899
+ Unio fayumensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Unio mancus (Lamarck, 1819) = Unio mancus + Unio elongatulus + Unio durieui + Unio dembeae
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825
+ Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847
+ Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865
