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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia letourneuxi Bourguignat in Servain, 1890: specimens

6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Chambardia letourneuxi — Graf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Known only from the lower Nile, Egypt. Possibly extinct.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Chambardia letourneuxi

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Egypt

image of lot USNM_126496
USNM_126496
Bahr Yussuf, Egypt

image of lot USNM_126496
USNM_126496
Bahr Yussuf, Egypt

image of lot MNHN_MP_0924
MNHN_MP_0924
Canal St. Joseph

image of lot MCZ_MP.222
MCZ_MP.222
Egypt

image of lot UMMZ_111963
UMMZ_111963
Egypt

image of lot BMNH_1937-12-30-13154
BMNH_1937-12-30-13154
El Faiyum, Egypt

image of lot SMF_12208
SMF_12208
Neolithic Lake deposits, N. Fayum, Egypt

image of lot USNM_86768
USNM_86768
R. Nile, Egypt

unknown

image of lot ANSP_47576
ANSP_47576
[no locality available - Africa]

image of lot MNHN_MP_0922
MNHN_MP_0922
Le Nil

image of lot MNHN_MP_0862
MNHN_MP_0862
Nil

Genbank Vouchers

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