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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Coelatura Conrad, 1853: species
     14 available nominal genus synonyms (19 total synonyms) | cladomics

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
syonymy (54 available, 158 total) | specimens (720 + 6 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread from Senegal and the Niger rivers, through the Lake Chad Basin to the Nile, Africa. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ND1
IUCN Red List: Extinct (Unio cariei), Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (15 + 3 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Victoria, Kenya and Uganda. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)
syonymy (3 available, 6 total) | specimens (159 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lakes Albert and Turkana, Uganda and Kenya. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (28 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Congo Basin, Africa, DRC, Congo (Brazzaville), and the Central African Republic. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1910)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (33 + 7 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Bangweulu Basin, Upper Congo, Zambia. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, H3, SRA
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (4)
Range: Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886)
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (31)
Range: Known only from the vicinity of Malebo Pool, Congo Basin, DRC and Congo (Brazzaville). (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B2ab(iii) (Coelatura rotula)
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura essoensis (Chaper, 1885)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (10)
Range: Côte d’Ivoire. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)
syonymy (10 available, 12 total) | specimens (143 + 11 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in Gabon and throughout the Congo Basin, Central Africa. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
syonymy (12 available, 23 total) | specimens (201 + 19 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)
syonymy (18 available, 26 total) | specimens (100 + 8 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Tanganyika, DRC, Zambia, and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897)
syonymy (2 available, 4 total) | specimens (10 + 23 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lake Malawi, Malawi and Tanzania. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (18)
Range: Upper Congo, DRC. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)
syonymy (4 available, 6 total) | specimens (54 + 31 Genbank vouchers)
Range: From the Cunene River east through the Okavango, to the upper Zambezi, southern Africa. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (49 + 4 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Congo Basin, DRC. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (6)
Range: Cameroon. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered D
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (23 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Upper Congo Basin, above Lake Mweru, Zambia and DRC. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (10 + 2 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Garamba River, Congo. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3

Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860)
syonymy (8 available, 10 total) | specimens (70 + 3 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread from Tanzania south to Mozambique and Malawi; up the Zambezi as far as Lake Kariba. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)
syonymy (6 available, 13 total) | specimens (11 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Tanzania and perhaps Kenya. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (3)
Range: Subfossil in Lake Turkana, Kenya. EXTINCT. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (34)
Range: Lower Congo, near the mouth, DRC. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (22 + 3 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Congo River. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3

Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (47 + 9 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Lakes Edward and Albert, Uganda and DRC. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
other links: MolluscaBase

Coelatura scholzi Van Damme & Pickford, 2010 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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