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

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species Sphaerium hartmanni (Jickeli, 1874): specimens
     12 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Sphaerium hartmanni — Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Schultheiß et al. (2011)
Sphaerium hartmanni hartmanni — Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium hartmanni courteti — Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium hartmanni naivashaense — Bogan (2010)
Sphaerium hartmanni bangweolicum — Bogan (2010)
Musculium hartmanni — IUCN (2011)
Musculium hartmanni naivashaensis — IUCN (2011)

Range

Widespread in tropical Africa, north to Egypt.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

There are no specimens for this species in the MUSSELpdb.

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Rwanda

UGSB_27314. (COI) Rwanda: Lake Kivu

UGSB_27315. (COI) Rwanda: Lake Kivu