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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa ovampica (Ancey, 1890): specimens
     2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium ovampicum — IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Clewing et al. (2022)
Pisidium cf. ovampicum — Clewing et al. (2022)
Euglesa (Pseudeupera) cf. ovampica — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Eastern, central, and southern Africa and Madagascar.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Kenya

UGSB_25912 (KE03/1). (16S: OL335953, 28S: OL335978, H3: OK644730, go to Genbank) Kenya, Meru (-0.14997, 37.33175).

UGSB_25913 (KE04/1). (16S: OL335954, 28S: OL335979, COI: OK663617, H3: OK644731, go to Genbank) Kenya, Nyeri (-0.18147, 37.28775).