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species Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865: specimens

11 available nominal species synonyms (20 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Unio mancus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2011)
Unio dembeae — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Graf & Cummings (2021), Nagel (2025)

Range

The Nile and Lake Turkana basins in northeastern Africa. (Afrotropics: AF1)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Unio dembeae

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

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MNHN_MP_0344
dans le Guebe, affluente l’Oromo (Choa)
syntype
Unio alfierianus Bourguignat, 1885

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MNHN_MP_0154
Lac Haoussa
syntype
Unio hamyanus Bourguignat, 1885

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MNHN_MP_0158
Bords du lac Haoussa, voyage au Choa
syntypes
Unio ilqi ‘Soleillet, in litt.’ Bourguignat, 1885

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MNHN_MP_0126
lac Haouach, Choa
syntype
Unio meneliki Bourguignat, 1885

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MNHN_MP_0105
Lac Haoussa
syntypes
Unio soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

1 Specimens from Egypt

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MNHN_MP_1021
Egypte

1 Specimens from Eritrea

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MRAC_792114
Eritrea, 13 mi miles NW of Sordo

4 Specimens from Ethiopia

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BMNH_MP_505
Awash River, flood debris

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MNHN_MP_1029
Lac Azana, Abyssine

image of lot MNHN_MP_1047
MNHN_MP_1047
lac Haoussa

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MNHN_MP_1053
Lac Haoussa, Abyssinie

1 Specimens from Kenya

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MNHN_MP_1022
lac Abhe ....

1 Specimens from Sudan

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MNHN_MP_1033
Fleuve Blanc

1 Specimens from unknown

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MNHN_MP_1028
Nil

GenBank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.