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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Pseudospatha Simpson, 1900: species

2 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Included Species

Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880)

syonymy (18 available, 25 total) | specimens (138 + 6 Genbank vouchers)

Range: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. (Afrotropics)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
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