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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia nyassaensis (Lea, 1864): specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Chambardia nyassaensisGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Disjunct in both Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika, Malawi, Tanzania, and the DRC.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Congo (DRC)

specimen
MRAC_57518

Tanganyika Mpala


Malawi

specimen
BMNH_93-8-23-56-57

Angoni Land

specimen
BMNH_93-8-23-55

Angoni Land, Nyassa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0350

Karonga Lac Nyassa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0338

Karonga Nyassa

specimen
UMMZ_111940

Karonga, Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111940

Karonga, Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa

specimen
MRAC_57519

Lac Nyassa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0328

Lac Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_58430

Lac Nyassa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0703

Lac Nyassa

specimen
USNM_709152

Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi

specimen
USNM_709152

Lake Malawi, between Monkey Bay and Cape Mavlear, Malawi

specimen
ANSP_359781

Lake Malawi, Coco Bay

specimen
MCZ_185003

Lake Nyasa, Mtimbuka, S end, Nyasaland

specimen
BMNH_MP_387

Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_MP_393

Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_64-5-14-1

Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_64-5-14-1

Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_87-12-2-1

Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_1909-3-11-1

Lake Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_MP_256

Lake Nyassa

specimen
USNM_86777

Lake Nyassa, Af.

specimen
USNM_86777

Lake Nyassa, Af.

specimen
USNM_86777A

Lake Nyassa, Af.

specimen
UMMZ_111939

Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa

specimen
MRAC_796902

Malawi: Lake Malawi Monkey Bay

specimen
MRAC_57524

N. Nyassa: Karonga

specimen
MRAC_57522

Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_57522

Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_98-2-11-8

Nyassa

specimen
BMNH_1911-12-5-3

Nyassaland

specimen
MRAC_793214

Nyassaland: Lac Nyassa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0416

Riv. Shire

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0401

Riv. Shire Zambezi

specimen
MRAC_57520

Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa

specimen
MRAC_57520

Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa

specimen
UMMZ_111941

River Shire, nr Lake Nyasa, British Central Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111941

River Shire, nr Lake Nyasa, British Central Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111937

Shire, Nyassa


Tanzania

specimen
ZMB_52874

Langenburg

specimen
ZMB_MP_0066

Mbampa, Nyassa

specimen
ZMB_108806

Nyassa See, Mbamya bai Tansania

specimen
ZMB_108806

Nyassa See, Mbamya bai Tansania


unknown

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0327

Lac Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0329

Lac Tanganyika