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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1886): specimens
     7 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Chambardia bourguignatiGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Graf & Cummings (2011), IUCN (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Lake Victoria Basin and adjacent streams, Africa. Also coastal streams in Tanzania.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Congo (DRC)

specimen
AMNH_100998

Lake Kivu district, Congo


Ethiopia

specimen
MNHN_MP_0186

bords de l’Omo

specimen
MNHN_MP_0186

bords de l’Omo

specimen
MNHN_MP_0186

bords de l’Omo

specimen
ZMB_78778

Gandjule See


Kenya

specimen
MNHN_MP_0907

Lac Rodolphe


Rwanda

specimen
MRAC_802616

Rwanda: PN.AL, Lac Ihema, pècherie


Sudan

specimen
ZMB_MP_0019

Unyangwira


Tanzania

specimen
SMF_12183

Bubu Fl., nördl. v Kondoa Irangi, D.O. Afrika

specimen
ZMB_MP_0063

Bukoba, Ebene

specimen
MNHN_MP_0169

Côte meridionale de l’Oukerewe

specimen
MNHN_MP_0169

Côte meridionale de l’Oukerewe

specimen
MNHN_MP_0952

Cours d’eau de la valle du Vouami dans le Makata

specimen
MNHN_MP_0305

Cours du Magogo, a Ounyangouira (Ougogo)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0305

Cours du Magogo, a Ounyangouira (Ougogo)

specimen
ZMB_MP_0021

Kisungu am Pangani

specimen
BMNH_1936-7-1-17-18

Lake Rukwa, Tanganyika Territory

specimen
ZMB_MP_0017

Limbiti

specimen
MNHN_MP_0177

Makata, affluent superior du Vouami (Ousaghara)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0177

Makata, affluent superior du Vouami (Ousaghara)

specimen
ZMB_MP_0022

Manyonga, Ussukuma

specimen
ZMB_43379

Mataugisi (Ugogo)

specimen
ZMB_43379

Mataugisi (Ugogo)

specimen
ZMB_43378

Mbaki Ugogo, Bububach

specimen
ZMB_MP_0024

Mto Manyonga, Ussukuma

specimen
MCZ_167387

Ninghwa River, at Shinyanga, Tanganyika Terr.

specimen
ZMB_MP_0014

Rukwa See, Tansania

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0720

Rukwa Tanganyika Territory

specimen
MCZ_53206

Sagayo, Tanganyika Territory

specimen
ZMB_MP_0061

Simiyu Fluss, Massansa

specimen
ZMB_MP_0061

Simiyu Fluss, Massansa

specimen
ZMB_MP_0018

Tabora

specimen
ZMB_MP_0018

Tabora

specimen
BMNH_1936-1-15-1-9

Tanganyika Territory

specimen
SMF_12207

Ukerewe am Victoria Nyanza

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0525

Usagara

specimen
ZMB_108822

Wembere Steppe


Uganda

specimen
BMNH_MP_203

Lado Enclave

specimen
MNHN_MP_0912

Ouganda oriental (Afrique equitoriale)

specimen
MCZ_136397

River Dopeth, Jie, Karamoja, Uganda

specimen
UMMZ_111996

Uganda, British East Africa


unknown

specimen
MNHN_MP_0914

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
SMF_12182

Angeblich Victoria Nyanza

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0411

Lac Albert

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0415

Lac Albert

specimen
BMNH_MP_254

not South Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0410

region du Tchad.. Lac Albert

specimen
UMMZ_23169

Tropical Africa

specimen
ZMB_MP_0054

unbek. Fundort

specimen
BMNH_MP_235

Victoria Nyanza

specimen
ZMB_39257

Victoria Nyanza