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
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Pseudospatha
species Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880): specimens
18 available nominal species synonyms (25 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Pseudospatha tanganyicensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Range
Endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. (Afrotropics: AF3)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
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Tanzania
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BMNH_80-3-5-49-53. Lake Tanganyika
Zambia
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GenBank Vouchers
Georeferenced GenBank Vouchers
Tanzania
UGSB_17594 (22865). (16S: MT218272, 28S: MT218133, COI: MT216452, H3: MT183427, go to GenBank) Tanzania: Kigoma, Lake Tanganyika (4.7 S 29.6 E).
UGSB_17592 (22863). (16S: MT218270, COI: MT216450, go to GenBank) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.7 S 29.6 E).
UGSB_17561 (22862). (16S: MT218269, 28S: MT218131, COI: MT216449, H3: MT183425, go to GenBank) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.96192 S 29.70782 E).
UGSB_17585 (22856). (16S: MT218263, 28S: MT218129, COI: MT216444, H3: MT183423, go to GenBank) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (8.601964 S 31.17974 E).
Zambia
UGSB_17586 (22857). (16S: MT218264, COI: MT216445, go to GenBank) Zambia: Lake Tanganyika (8.7488 S 31.17666 E).
UGSB_17587 (22858). (16S: MT218265, COI: MT229889, go to GenBank) ditto.
GenBank Vouchers Not Yet Georeferenced
NHMUK_20191054. (16S: MT218269, 28S: MT218131, COI: MT216449, H3: MT183425, go to GenBank)
NHMUK_20191055. (16S: MT218270, COI: MT216450, go to GenBank)
NHMUK_20191057. (16S: MT218272, 28S: MT218133, COI: MT216452, H3: MT183427, go to GenBank)
