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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Euperinae | Eupera

species Eupera ferruginea (Krauss, 1848): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Eupera ferruginea — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2010), Clewing et al. (2013), Voode (2017), Clewing et al. (2020), Saito et al. (2022), Clewing et al. (2022), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Eupera cf. ferruginea — Bespalaya et al. (2023)

Range

Widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Uganda

UGSB_5398 (UG02/1). (16S: KF483321, COI: KF483421, go to Genbank) Uganda, Buliisa (2.27527° 31.67599°).

UGSB_4854 (UG01/1). (16S: KF483320, COI: KF483420, go to Genbank) Uganda, Mukono (0.22240° 32.63433°).