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

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Bivalvia | Sphaeriida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae | Sphaeriinae | Euglesa

species Euglesa keniana (Preston, 1911): specimens
     3 available nominal species synonyms (4 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

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

Range

Eastern Africa, including the upper Congo Basin.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Ethiopia

UGSB_16718 (ET05/1). (16S: OL335965, 28S: OL335992, COI: OK663628, H3: OK644744, go to Genbank) Ethiopia, SNNPR, Gojeb River (7.55547, 36.05721).

UGSB_16719 (ET05/2). (COI: OK663629, go to Genbank) ditto.

Kenya

UGSB_25760 (KE02/1). (16S: OL335956, 28S: OL335981, COI: OK663619, H3: OK644733, go to Genbank) Kenya, Nyeri (-0.15992, 37.02080).

Rwanda

UGSB_14956 (RW01/1). (16S: OL335962, 28S: OL335988, COI: OK663625, H3: OK644740, go to Genbank) Rwanda, West (-2.14613, 29.30117).

UGSB_14967 (RW02/1). (16S: OL335963, 28S: OL335989, COI: OK663626, H3: OK644741, go to Genbank) Rwanda, West (-2.47425, 28.92357).

Uganda

UGSB_14944 (UG04/1). (16S: OL335961, 28S: OL335987, COI: OK663624, H3: OK644739, go to Genbank) Uganda, Kabale (-1.04905, 29.78979).