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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 | ... | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa pirothi (Jickeli, 1881): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Pisidium pirothi — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Schultheiß et al. (2011), Clewing et al. (2022)
Pisidium cf. pirothi — Clewing et al. (2022)

Range

Widespread in Africa, from the Nile to the west and south through East Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Ethiopia

UGSB_16711 (ET10/1). (16S, H3) Ethiopia, Oromia (6.38359, 39.19669)

UGSB_16734 (ET01/2). (16S) Ethiopia, SNNPR (7.09281, 36.23154)

UGSB_16741 (ET04/1). (16S, H3) Ethiopia, SNNPR, Hani River (7.29474, 36.37632)

Malawi

UGSB_25762 (MW02/1). (16S, 28S, COI, H3) Malawi, Rumphi (-10.59568, 33.80687)