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

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Bivalvia | ... | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Aspathariinae | Chambardia

species Chambardia letourneuxi Bourguignat in Servain, 1890: specimens
     6 available nominal species synonyms (8 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Chambardia letourneuxiGraf & Cummings (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Van Damme et al. (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Known only from the lower Nile, Egypt. Possibly extinct.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map


Egypt

specimen
USNM_126496

Bahr Yussuf, Egypt

specimen
USNM_126496

Bahr Yussuf, Egypt

specimen
MNHN_MP_0924

Canal St. Joseph

specimen
MCZ_MP.222

Egypt

specimen
UMMZ_111963

Egypt

specimen
BMNH_1937-12-30-13154

El Faiyum, Egypt

specimen
SMF_12208

Neolithic Lake deposits, N. Fayum, Egypt

specimen
USNM_86768

R. Nile, Egypt


unknown

specimen
ANSP_47576

[no locality available - Africa]

specimen
MNHN_MP_0922

Le Nil

specimen
MNHN_MP_0862

Nil