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 Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Chelidonopsis species Chelidonopsis hirundo (Martens, 1881): specimens2 available nominal species synonyms
 Recent Taxonomic OpinionsChelidonopsis hirundo — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) RangeEndemic to the Congo Basin, Congo. (Brazzaville) and the DRC. Map of Georeferenced Specimens
 Central African Republic
 Congo (Brazzaville)|  MNHN_MP_0506
 Brazzaville, le Congo
 |  MNHN_MP_0506
 Brazzaville, le Congo
 |  UMMZ_112000
 Congo
 |  |  ANSP_416298
 Congo River, Malebo Pool, backwater channel on sand island, Congo
 |  ANSP_413647
 Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo
 |  ANSP_416290
 Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo
 |  |  MNHN_MP_0540
 Congo sur le Bas Oubanghi
 |  MNHN_MP_0166
 Gancini, Congo
 |  MNHN_MP_0166
 Gancini, Congo
 |  |  MNHN_MP_0166
 Gancini, Congo
 |  MNHN_MP_0485
 Le Stanley Pool, Congo
 |  MNHN_MP_0528
 Le Stanley Pool, Congo Francais
 |  |  ANSP_227081
 Oubaughi River, Fr. Congo
 | 
 INHS_32140. Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo 
 Congo (DRC)|  MNHN_MP_0526
 .... de Gorto-Novo... [locality unknown]
 |  MRAC_58611
 100-150 km au Sud du Bangui (Ubangi)
 |  MNHN_MP_0524
 Afrique
 |  |  IRSNB_MP_0380
 Congo
 |  MNHN_MP_0495
 Congo
 |  MNHN_MP_0521
 Congo
 |  |  MNHN_MP_0522
 Congo
 |  SMF_12271
 Congo River
 |  USNM_129046
 Congo River
 |  |  INHS_20376
 Congo, Africa
 |  MRAC_58580
 Djuma (affluent Kwango)
 |  ZMB_40263
 Kassai
 |  |  ANSP_146182
 Kassai, Africa
 |  MRAC_58609
 Kiabwa Lualaba entre Kikondja riv et Awkoro
 |  IRSNB_MP_0729
 Kinshasa, Congo Belge
 |  |  SMF_83015
 Kongo, Africa
 |  IRSNB_MP_0739
 Leopoldville, Congo Belge
 |  UMMZ_112004
 Leopoldville, Congo Free State, Africa
 |  |  UMMZ_112004
 Leopoldville, Congo Free State, Africa
 |  SMF_12270
 Nepangisa, Africa
 |  IRSNB_MP_0376
 Nsendwe
 |  |  IRSNB_MP_0383
 Nsendwe
 |  MRAC_58581
 Nsendwe
 |  MRAC_58590
 Nsendwe
 |  |  MRAC_58602
 Nsendwe
 |  MRAC_58612
 Nsendwe
 |  MNHN_MP_0536
 Nsendwe (Congo Belge)
 |  |  IRSNB_MP_0727
 Nsendwe (Congo)
 |  MCZ_53865
 Nsendwe, Belgian Congo
 |  ANSP_97613
 Nsendwe, Congo
 |  |  BMNH_MP_192
 Nsendwe, Congo
 |  INHS_20377
 Nsendwe, Congo
 |  SMF_83016
 Nsendwe, Congo
 |  |  ZMB_52978
 Nsendwe, Congo
 |  IRSNB_MP_0732
 Nsendwe, Congo Belge
 |  UMMZ_112003
 Nsendwe, Congo Free State, Africa
 |  |  DMNH_173147
 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
 |  UMMZ_112001
 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
 |  USNM_172677
 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
 |  |  USNM_172677
 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
 |  UF_93233
 Nsendwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
 |  SMF_13073
 Nsendwe, mittl. Kongo
 |  |  IRSNB_MP_0733
 Nwangwe
 |  MRAC_58405
 Nyangwe
 |  IRSNB_MP_0742
 Nyangwe, Congo Belge
 |  |  IRSNB_MP_0379
 Oubanghi, affl. du Congo, 100 a 250 km S of Bangui
 |  MRAC_58579
 Stanley Pool
 |  MRAC_58579
 Stanley Pool
 |  |  MRAC_58579
 Stanley Pool
 |  MRAC_58610
 Stanleyville
 |  MRAC_58613
 Stanleyville
 |  |  AMNH_72068
 Stanleyville, Africa
 |  MCZ_41066
 Stanleyville, Belgian Congo
 |  USNM_250727
 Ugangwe-Nsendwe, Congo
 |  |  USNM_250727
 Ugangwe-Nsendwe, Congo
 |  IRSNB_MP_0384
 Umangi
 |  UMMZ_112002
 Upper Belgian Congo
 |  |  UMMZ_112002
 Upper Belgian Congo
 |  ANSP_84179
 Upper Congo
 |  BMNH_94-9-4-1
 Upper Congo
 |  |  IRSNB_MP_0388
 Yambinga
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