MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Fri 13 February 2026
Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia
species Chambardia bourguignati (Bourguignat, 1886): specimens
7 available nominal species synonyms (9 total synonyms)
Recent Taxonomic Opinions
Chambardia bourguignati — Graf & 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. (Afrotropics: AF1 AF5)
Map of Georeferenced Specimens
MUSSELp Specimen Records
Congo (DRC)
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Ethiopia
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Kenya
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Rwanda
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Sudan
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Tanzania
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Uganda
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GenBank Vouchers
There are no georeferenced GenBank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.
