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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864): specimens

6 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Chambardia nyassaensisGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Disjunct in both Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika, Malawi, Tanzania, and the DRC.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Chambardia nyassaensis

MUSSELp Specimen Records


Congo (DRC)

image of lot MRAC_57518
MRAC_57518

Tanganyika Mpala


Malawi

image of lot BMNH_93-8-23-56-57
BMNH_93-8-23-56-57

Angoni Land

image of lot BMNH_93-8-23-55
BMNH_93-8-23-55

Angoni Land, Nyassa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0350
IRSNB_MP_0350

Karonga Lac Nyassa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0338
IRSNB_MP_0338

Karonga Nyassa

image of lot UMMZ_111940
UMMZ_111940

Karonga, Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111940
UMMZ_111940

Karonga, Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0328
IRSNB_MP_0328

Lac Nyassa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0703
IRSNB_MP_0703

Lac Nyassa

image of lot MRAC_57519
MRAC_57519

Lac Nyassa

image of lot MRAC_58430
MRAC_58430

Lac Nyassa

image of lot USNM_709152
USNM_709152

Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi

image of lot USNM_709152
USNM_709152

Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi

image of lot ANSP_359781
ANSP_359781

Lake Malawi, Coco Bay

image of lot MCZ_185003
MCZ_185003

Lake Nyasa, Mtimbuka, S end, Nyasaland

image of lot BMNH_1909-3-11-1
BMNH_1909-3-11-1

Lake Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_64-5-14-1
BMNH_64-5-14-1

Lake Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_64-5-14-1
BMNH_64-5-14-1

Lake Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_87-12-2-1
BMNH_87-12-2-1

Lake Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_MP_256
BMNH_MP_256

Lake Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_MP_387
BMNH_MP_387

Lake Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_MP_393
BMNH_MP_393

Lake Nyassa

image of lot USNM_86777
USNM_86777

Lake Nyassa, Af.

image of lot USNM_86777
USNM_86777

Lake Nyassa, Af.

image of lot USNM_86777A
USNM_86777A

Lake Nyassa, Af.

image of lot UMMZ_111939
UMMZ_111939

Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa

image of lot MRAC_796902
MRAC_796902

Malawi: Lake Malawi Monkey Bay

image of lot MRAC_57524
MRAC_57524

N. Nyassa: Karonga

image of lot BMNH_98-2-11-8
BMNH_98-2-11-8

Nyassa

image of lot MRAC_57522
MRAC_57522

Nyassa

image of lot MRAC_57522
MRAC_57522

Nyassa

image of lot BMNH_1911-12-5-3
BMNH_1911-12-5-3

Nyassaland

image of lot MRAC_793214
MRAC_793214

Nyassaland: Lac Nyassa

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0416
IRSNB_MP_0416

Riv. Shire

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0401
IRSNB_MP_0401

Riv. Shire Zambezi

image of lot MRAC_57520
MRAC_57520

Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa

image of lot MRAC_57520
MRAC_57520

Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa

image of lot UMMZ_111941
UMMZ_111941

River Shire, nr Lake Nyasa, British Central Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111941
UMMZ_111941

River Shire, nr Lake Nyasa, British Central Africa

image of lot UMMZ_111937
UMMZ_111937

Shire, Nyassa


Tanzania

image of lot ZMB_52874
ZMB_52874

Langenburg

image of lot ZMB_MP_0066
ZMB_MP_0066

Mbampa, Nyassa

image of lot ZMB_108806
ZMB_108806

Nyassa See, Mbamya bai Tansania

image of lot ZMB_108806
ZMB_108806

Nyassa See, Mbamya bai Tansania


unknown

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0327
IRSNB_MP_0327

Lac Tanganyika

image of lot IRSNB_MP_0329
IRSNB_MP_0329

Lac Tanganyika

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.