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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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