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

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Publication Lévèque (1967): summary
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Complete Citation

Lévèque, C. 1967. Mollusques aquatiques de la zone est du lac Tchad. Bulletin de l'Institut française d'Afrique Noire 29: 1494-1533.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia chaiziana (Rang, 1835)

Aspatharia rochebrunei (Jousseaume, 1886)

Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Caelatura [sic] lacoini (Germain, 1905) = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Caelatura [sic] mutelaeformis (Germain, 1906) = Nitia mutelaeformis

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Mutela dubius (Gmelin, 1791) = Mutela dubia

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)