Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Mutela

species Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835): specimens

7 available nominal species synonyms (15 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mutela rostrataGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Hoeh et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), ... Lopes-Lima et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019), Graf & Cummings (2021), Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)

Range

Widespread in western Africa, the Congo and the Nile. (Afrotropics: AF1 AF2 AF3)

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Mutela rostrata

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Type Specimens

Other Specimens by Country | show by collection

1 Specimens from [blank]

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MNHN_MP_0765
Kerzagu [?] ... Grand Sable

1 Specimens from Benin

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MNHN_MP_0700
Dahomey, cercle de Zagnanado, sur le rivieres du Bas Oueme a Dogba

2 Specimens from Burkina Faso

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MNHN_MP_0710
Lac de Hte Volta, pres de Ouagadougou

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MCZ_288401
Volta Blanche, 53 km fr, Ouagadougou at bridge on rd. to Fada N’Gourma, Ivory Coast

1 Specimens from Cameroon

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ZMB_112980
Tshad ... Kamerun

1 Specimens from Central African Republic

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MNHN_MP_0719
Mamoun, Chari

14 Specimens from Chad

image of lot MNHN_MP_0725
MNHN_MP_0725
Baga Sola, Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0702
Bahr Tuiga Parc National de Zakouma, Tchad

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UMMZ_248789
Chari River, sand bar in river, at J’D’jamena, Republic of Chad

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MNHN_MP_0704
Fort Lamy, Tchad, Chari

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MNHN_MP_0735
lac de Lere Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0723
Lac Tchad

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MNHN_MP_0726
Lac Tchad, chanl entre Mischilela et Berem (iles basses)

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MRAC_798078
Lac Tchad: Fort Lamy

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BMNH_1923-3-6-12-14
Lake Chad, Sudan

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BMNH_1924-2-16-1-10
Lake Chad, Sudan

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SMF_12248_02
Muse Elu (Lere See), Benue Gebiet

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MRAC_799000
Nigeria: Lac Tchad, Malamfatori

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MNHN_MP_0720
Tchad...

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ZMB_53629
Tsad... Süd Ufer

17 Specimens from Congo (Brazzaville)

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MNHN_MP_0752
Bas Oubanghi

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MNHN_MP_0757
Brazzaville

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MNHN_MP_0756
Congo (Bas Oubanghi)

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ANSP_413698
Congo River, Les Rapides, Brazzaville, Congo. Found in mud along the shore

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ANSP_413642
Congo River, Malebo Poo, near side of sand island, Kintele, Congo

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INHS_31245
Congo River, Malebo Poo, near side of sand island, Kintele, Congo

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ANSP_416297
Congo River, Malebo Pool, backwater channel on sand island, Congo

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ANSP_416293
Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo

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ANSP_413643
Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo

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INHS_31237
Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo

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INHS_31241
Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo

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ANSP_416300
Congo River, Malebo Pool, isolated pool on sand island, Kintele, Congo

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INHS_31249
Congo River, Malebo Pool, isolated pool on sand island, Kintele, Congo

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MNHN_MP_0738
Moyen Congo....

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MNHN_MP_0767_02
N’goko & Haut Sangha [two labels]

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MNHN_MP_0758
Oub. Congo

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MNHN_MP_1407_04
Stanley Pool, Brazzaville

44 Specimens from Congo (DRC)

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MCZ_88961
Congo River, Kinshasa, Belgian Congo

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MRAC_58455
Djuma, affluent de droite du Kwango

image of lot MNHN_MP_0750
MNHN_MP_0750
Haut Congo Belge

image of lot SMF_12269
SMF_12269
Innerer Belgischer Kongo -Staat

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MRAC_303658
Kalina, Pt. W.

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ANSP_146181
Kassai, Africa

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IRSNB_MP_0566
la Luapila a Kashiobwa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0574
IRSNB_MP_0574
La Luapula, a Kasenga

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MRAC_484066
La Luapula, a Kasenga

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IRSNB_MP_0571
La Luapula, Mulongo entre Kikondja et Ankoro

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IRSNB_MP_0573
Lac Moero pres du Lukongolwa

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MRAC_58615
Lac Moero, ... Kilwa

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MRAC_58616
Lac Moero, ... Kisangi

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MRAC_58614
Lac Moero, a Lukomwalwa

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IRSNB_MP_0569
Lac Moero... Kisangi...Lukon...

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MCZ_72824
Lake Albert, Mahagi Port, Belgian Congo

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MCZ_171720
Lake Edward, SW shore, Kamande, Belgian Congo

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FMNH_293188
Lake Edward, Vitshumbi, Zaire

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MCZ_109974
Lake Moero, Pweto, Belgian Congo

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ANSP_132310
Lualuba, Mulongo, Belgian Congo

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MCZ_88962
Luapula River, Kasenga, Belgian Congo

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IRSNB_MP_0644
Mulango, Haut Lualaba, Congo Belge

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MRAC_58630
Mulongo entre Ankoro et Kikoudja

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IRSNB_MP_0557
Mulongo, entre Kikondja et Awkoro

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MRAC_59209
Mulongo: Channel, entre la Kabamba a la Lualaba

image of lot MRAC_58459
MRAC_58459
Nsendwe

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IRSNB_MP_0646
Nsendwe, Congo Belge

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IRSNB_MP_0714
Nsendwe, Congo Belge

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UMMZ_112005
Nsendwe, Congo Free State, Africa

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MRAC_58502
Riv. Lualaba a Mulongo

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MRAC_58629
Riv. Lualaba entre Ankoro et Kikoudja: Mulongo

image of lot MRAC_58638
MRAC_58638
riv. Lualpula a Kasenga

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MRAC_58627
Riv. Luapula a Kasenga

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MRAC_58632
riv. Luapula: Kashiobwa

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ANSP_132312
Stanleyville

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ANSP_133859
Stanleyville, Africa

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AMNH_72197
Stanleyville, Africa

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MCZ_41067
Stanleyville, Belgian Congo

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BMNH_94-9-4-6
Upper Congo

30 Specimens from Egypt

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SMF_319213
Abu Simbel, shore of Lake Nassar, Aegypten

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ZMB_112978
Aegypten

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UMMZ_111992
Alexandria, Egypt

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MCZ_60132
Alexandria, Egypt

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BMNH_MP_210
Bahr el Faraomijeh, NW of Menouf, Egypt

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USNM_605433
Bahr el Faraomijeh, NW of Menouf, Egypt

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IRSNB_MP_0629
Canal du Joseph, Egypte

image of lot MNHN_MP_0696
MNHN_MP_0696
Canal Ismailia

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IRSNB_MP_0637
Canal l’Alexandrie

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UMMZ_111995
Canal Mahmoudich, Egypt

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IRSNB_MP_0689
Canal St. Georges, Egypte

image of lot MRAC_59022
MRAC_59022
Egypte: Alexandrie

image of lot MNHN_MP_0731
MNHN_MP_0731
Ismailia canal

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BMNH_MP_204
Lower Nile

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SMF_12250_01
Mahmudie-Kanal, bei Alexandrien

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SMF_12258
Nil bei Kairo

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ANSP_417318
Nile River, Qanater El Khayreya, Egypt

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USNM_126443
R. Nile, Egypt

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USNM_126956C
R. Nile, Egypt

image of lot USNM_126956
USNM_126956
R. Nile, Egypt

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BMNH_MP_484
Shabra Maut

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UMMZ_111974
The Nile, Egypt

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UMMZ_111991
The Nile, Egypt

image of lot ANSP_160929
ANSP_160929
Zoo Gardens, Cairo, Egypt

7 Specimens from Gambia

image of lot BMNH_MP_214
BMNH_MP_214
Gambia River

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USNM_86784
Gambia, Af.

image of lot MCZ_255066
MCZ_255066
Gambia, Africa

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UMMZ_111990
Gambia, West Africa

1 Specimens from Kenya

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ANSP_81213
Lake Rudolf

9 Specimens from Mali

image of lot MNHN_MP_0724
MNHN_MP_0724
entre Tombouctou et Bamba, Niger

image of lot MNHN_MP_0747
MNHN_MP_0747
Fleuve Bafing

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MNHN_MP_0717
Lac Faguibini, Gourao

image of lot MNHN_MP_0716
MNHN_MP_0716
Mopti sur le Niger

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IRSNB_MP_0397
Niger a Bamako

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MNHN_MP_0718
Niger pres Mopti

image of lot MNHN_MP_0768
MNHN_MP_0768
Soudan Francais

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MNHN_MP_0745
Soudan francais

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MNHN_MP_0727
Soudan francias

1 Specimens from Niger

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MNHN_MP_0621
rive oued de Bosso à Nguigmi

10 Specimens from Nigeria

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ANSP_139951
Gongola River, Shillem, N.E. Nigeria

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USNM_853585
Mairuwa Lake, near Funtua, Nigeria

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BMNH_MP_166
N. Nigeria, Shillem, Gongola River

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IRSNB_MP_0393
N.E. Nigeria River Gongola Shileem

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MRAC_799003
Nigeria: Lac Tchad, Yobe river Yau

image of lot MRAC_799004
MRAC_799004
Nigeria: Lac Tchad, Yobe river Yau

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USNM_853582
Samaru, between Kano & Kaduna, Nigeria

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SMF_12262
Schillem am Gongola Fl., Benue Zufl., östl. Nigerien

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SMF_3227
Schillem am Gongola Fl., Benue Zufl., östl. Nigerien

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0373
IRSNB_MP_0373
Shillem - River Gongola, N.E. Nigeria

42 Specimens from Senegal

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MCZ_37095
[Senegal], Africa

image of lot MNHN_MP_0708
MNHN_MP_0708
Cazamance, Senegal

image of lot MCZ_172817
MCZ_172817
confluence of Faleme and Senegal rivers, Senegal

image of lot MNHN_MP_0681
MNHN_MP_0681
du Senegal

image of lot UMMZ_108015
UMMZ_108015
Nyan, Senegal, West Africa

image of lot USNM_126957
USNM_126957
R. Cazamance

image of lot ANSP_41821
ANSP_41821
Senegal

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ZMB_9615
Senegal

image of lot ZMB_112979
ZMB_112979
Senegal

image of lot MCZ_37533
MCZ_37533
Senegal

image of lot UF_93229
UF_93229
Senegal

image of lot SMF_3039
SMF_3039
Senegal

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UMMZ_111978
Senegal, Africa

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USNM_25945
Senegal, Africa

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UMMZ_111987
Senegal, West Africa

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BMNH_MP_213
Senegambia

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FMNH_6545
Senegambia, West Africa

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FMNH_8381
Senegambia, West Africa

1 Specimens from South Africa

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BMNH_MP_402
Groenland

26 Specimens from Sudan

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BMNH_MP_181
Ad-Duwem

image of lot MCZ_20896
MCZ_20896
Dinder River, near Beit-el-Wahsh, Blue Nile, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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SMF_1001
Djebel Auel [Jebel Aulia], Bahr-el-Abiad [Bahr al-Abiad = Weißer Nil]

image of lot BMNH_1950-4-25-82-84
BMNH_1950-4-25-82-84
Ed Duein, White Nile, Sudan

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BMNH_MP_384
El Dueim, S. Sudan

image of lot UMMZ_111983
UMMZ_111983
Fachoda, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Africa

image of lot MNHN_MP_0766
MNHN_MP_0766
Fleuve Blanc

image of lot BMNH_65-1-3-16
BMNH_65-1-3-16
from the Nile region between 3° to 14° N lat.

image of lot USNM_608148
USNM_608148
Jur River, near Galual, Tonj, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan

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MCZ_173629
Jur River, near Galual, Tonj, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan

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USNM_426723
Kaka, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

image of lot USNM_86786
USNM_86786
Kordofan, Central Africa

image of lot BMNH_MP_194
BMNH_MP_194
Lake Shambi

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BMNH_MP_383
mouth of the White Nile

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BMNH_1923-6-8-1121-1129
near Mogran, S. Sudan

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BMNH_MP_195
S of Melut

image of lot BMNH_1923-6-8-1137-1141
BMNH_1923-6-8-1137-1141
Tawila, S. Sudan

image of lot ANSP_125477
ANSP_125477
Upper Nile

image of lot ZMB_77702
ZMB_77702
Weiner Nil, Kartum, Sudan

image of lot ZMB_112990
ZMB_112990
Weiper Nil

image of lot SMF_12259
SMF_12259
Weisser Nil, bei Kartum

image of lot UMMZ_248928
UMMZ_248928
White Nile River, 15 mi S of Kosti Bridge, receding water on E bank, Sudan

image of lot USNM_215186
USNM_215186
White Nile, Gordon Tree, above Khartoum

image of lot MCZ_289033
MCZ_289033
White Nile, Khartoum, Sudan

5 Specimens from Uganda

image of lot BMNH_MP_197
BMNH_MP_197
Lake Albert, Uganda

image of lot BMNH_MP_207
BMNH_MP_207
Lake Kyoga, Uganda

image of lot BMNH_MP_175
BMNH_MP_175
Tonia, Albert Nyanza

42 Specimens from unknown

image of lot ANSP_125478
ANSP_125478
“Ishadda, West Africa”

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0645
IRSNB_MP_0645
[locality illegible]

image of lot BMNH_MP_381
BMNH_MP_381
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot BMNH_MP_209
BMNH_MP_209
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot ANSP_41820
ANSP_41820
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot CM_61.1542
CM_61.1542
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0396
IRSNB_MP_0396
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot ZMB_112991
ZMB_112991
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot ZMB_112981
ZMB_112981
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0700
IRSNB_MP_0700
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot SMF_12261
SMF_12261
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0692
IRSNB_MP_0692
Africa occid.

image of lot MNHN_MP_0761
MNHN_MP_0761
Albert Nyanza

image of lot BMNH_1901-8-16-12
BMNH_1901-8-16-12
Albert Nyanza, British Central Africa

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BMNH_MP_386
Kmorgamh [?]

image of lot MNHN_MP_0729
MNHN_MP_0729
Nil, Afrique

image of lot AMNH_193791
AMNH_193791
Nile River

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BMNH_38-4-16-150
Sierra Leone & Nile

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BMNH_43-11-27-79
Sierra Leone & Nile

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MRAC_58454
Tanganyika

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UMMZ_111986_01
Tropical Africa

image of lot BMNH_MP_183
BMNH_MP_183
Victoria Nyanza

image of lot USNM_17392
USNM_17392
W Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111989
UMMZ_111989
West Africa

ANSP_132309.

4 Specimens from Zambia

image of lot USNM_602553
USNM_602553
Chambezi River, Mbesuma Ranch, near Chinsali, N Rhodesia

image of lot MRAC_791837
MRAC_791837
Kasengo- rive

image of lot MRAC_58637
MRAC_58637
Riv. Luapula a ...

image of lot BMNH_1905-6-19-2
BMNH_1905-6-19-2
Upper Chambesi River, Rhodesia

GenBank Vouchers

Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers


Egypt

Mp_4459_Mros. (COI: MK764011, go to GenBank) Bahr Shebin irrigation canal in Shebin El-Kom City, Menoufia governate, Egypt (30.58100 N 31.01558 E).

ANSP_417318. (28S: JN243862, COI: JN243884, go to GenBank) Nile River, Qanater El Khayreya, Egypt.