Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Prisodontopsis

species Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F.R. Woodward, 1991: specimens

2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Whelan et al. (2011), Graf et al. (2014), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2019), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026), Chen et al. (2026)
“Coelatura mweruensis” ** — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017)

Range

Endemic to Lake Mweru and the Luapula in the Upper Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics: AF3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

BMNH_1893-8-23-100
Lake Mweru, Central Africa
lectotype
Unio johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893

BMNH_1907-11-11-50-54
Lake Mweru
topotypes
Unio johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893

MRAC_59946
Lake Mweru
paratype
Unio johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893

BMNH_1893-8-23-101. Lake Mweru, Central Africa — lectotype Unio johnstoni E.A. Smith, 1893

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

32 Specimens from Congo (DRC)

MRAC_58562
Lac Moero ... Kisangi

IRSNB_MP_0279
Lac Moero ... S de Kilwa

MRAC_57313
Lac Moero ... S de Kilwa

MRAC_57314
Lac Moero ... S de Kilwa

MRAC_57333
Lac Moero ... S de Kilwa

IRSNB_MP_0827
Lac Moero a Pweto

IRSNB_MP_0276
Lac Moero entre Kilwa (port) et l’Ile Kilwa

IRSNB_MP_0277
Lac Moero entre Kilwa (port) et l’Ile Kilwa

IRSNB_MP_0828
Lac Moero entre Kilwa (port) et l’Ile Kilwa

MRAC_80466
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_80467
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_80470
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_58570
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57311
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57319
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57327
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57328
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57329
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57330
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

MRAC_57331
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile de Kilwa

IRSNB_MP_0200
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et Mobanga

MRAC_57332
Lac Moero entre Kilwa et Mobanga

IRSNB_MP_0278
Lac Moero riv E de la ... a l’ile Nkole

MRAC_58559
Lac Moero riv E de la ... a l’ile Nkole

MRAC_58567
Lac Moero riv E de la ... a l’ile Nkole

MRAC_58560
Lac Moero: Lukonzolwa

MRAC_57316
Lac Moero: Pweto

MRAC_57318
Lac Moero: Pweto

MCZ_109804
Lake Moeru, Pweto, Belgian Congo

UMMZ_63309
Lake Moeru, Pweto, Belgian Congo, Africa

ANSP_133811
off Lukonzolwa, L. Moero

MRAC_58558
Riv Luapula a Kashiobwe

9 Specimens from unknown

MRAC_201230
Lac Moero

MRAC_201231
Lac Moero

MRAC_201232
Lac Moero

MRAC_201233
Lac Moero

MRAC_201234
Lac Moero

MRAC_201235
Lac Moero

MRAC_201236
Lac Moero

IRSNB_MP_0280
Lac Mweru

UMMZ_110879
Lake Mweru, Central Africa

6 Specimens from Zambia

UA_20955
Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia

UMMZ_304379
Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia

ANSP_416256
Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, 900 m stretch of beach near fisheries station, Zambia

ANSP_416261
Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, in front of Mweru Water Transport Lodge, Zambia

ANSP_416269
Lake Mweru, near Nchelenge, from Kashikishi to c. 1 km S along beach, Zambia

ANSP_416271
Lake Mweru, near Nchelenge, from Kashikishi to c. 1 km S along beach, Zambia

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers

Zambia

UMMZ_304379-Hz. (28S: KJ081193, COI: KJ081180, go to GenBank) Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia.

UMMZ_304379-Jaa. (COI: KJ081181, go to GenBank) ditto.

UMMZ_304379-Jy. (28S: JN243874, COI: KJ081179, go to GenBank) ditto.

ANSP_416269-Jbb. (COI: JN243896, SRA: SRX5278573, go to GenBank) Lake Mweru, near Nchelenge, from Kashikishi to c. 1 km S along beach, Zambia.

ANSP_416269-Jcc. (COI: KJ081182, go to GenBank) ditto.

ANSP_416269-Jdd. (COI: KJ081183, go to GenBank) ditto.