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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae | Chelidonopsis species Chelidonopsis hirundo (Martens, 1881): specimens 2 available nominal species synonyms Recent Taxonomic OpinionsChelidonopsis hirundo — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf & Cummings (2021) RangeEndemic to the Congo Basin, Congo. (Brazzaville) and the DRC. Map of Georeferenced Specimens
Central African Republic
Congo (Brazzaville) MNHN_MP_0506 Brazzaville, le Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0506 Brazzaville, le Congo
|  UMMZ_112000 Congo
|  ANSP_416298 Congo River, Malebo Pool, backwater channel on sand island, Congo
|  ANSP_413647 Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo
|  ANSP_416290 Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0540 Congo sur le Bas Oubanghi
|  MNHN_MP_0166 Gancini, Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0166 Gancini, Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0166 Gancini, Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0485 Le Stanley Pool, Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0528 Le Stanley Pool, Congo Francais
|  ANSP_227081 Oubaughi River, Fr. Congo
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INHS_32140. Congo River, Malebo Pool, far side of sand island, Kintele, Congo
Congo (DRC) MNHN_MP_0526 .... de Gorto-Novo... [locality unknown]
|  MRAC_58611 100-150 km au Sud du Bangui (Ubangi)
|  MNHN_MP_0524 Afrique
|  IRSNB_MP_0380 Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0495 Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0521 Congo
|  MNHN_MP_0522 Congo
|  SMF_12271 Congo River
|  USNM_129046 Congo River
|  INHS_20376 Congo, Africa
|  MRAC_58580 Djuma (affluent Kwango)
|  ZMB_40263 Kassai
|  ANSP_146182 Kassai, Africa
|  MRAC_58609 Kiabwa Lualaba entre Kikondja riv et Awkoro
|  IRSNB_MP_0729 Kinshasa, Congo Belge
|  SMF_83015 Kongo, Africa
|  IRSNB_MP_0739 Leopoldville, Congo Belge
|  UMMZ_112004 Leopoldville, Congo Free State, Africa
|  UMMZ_112004 Leopoldville, Congo Free State, Africa
|  SMF_12270 Nepangisa, Africa
|  IRSNB_MP_0376 Nsendwe
|  IRSNB_MP_0383 Nsendwe
|  MRAC_58581 Nsendwe
|  MRAC_58590 Nsendwe
|  MRAC_58602 Nsendwe
|  MRAC_58612 Nsendwe
|  MNHN_MP_0536 Nsendwe (Congo Belge)
|  IRSNB_MP_0727 Nsendwe (Congo)
|  MCZ_53865 Nsendwe, Belgian Congo
|  ANSP_97613 Nsendwe, Congo
|  BMNH_MP_192 Nsendwe, Congo
|  INHS_20377 Nsendwe, Congo
|  SMF_83016 Nsendwe, Congo
|  ZMB_52978 Nsendwe, Congo
|  IRSNB_MP_0732 Nsendwe, Congo Belge
|  UMMZ_112003 Nsendwe, Congo Free State, Africa
|  DMNH_173147 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
|  UMMZ_112001 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
|  USNM_172677 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
|  USNM_172677 Nsendwe, Congo, Africa
|  UF_93233 Nsendwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
|  SMF_13073 Nsendwe, mittl. Kongo
|  IRSNB_MP_0733 Nwangwe
|  MRAC_58405 Nyangwe
|  IRSNB_MP_0742 Nyangwe, Congo Belge
|  IRSNB_MP_0379 Oubanghi, affl. du Congo, 100 a 250 km S of Bangui
|  MRAC_58579 Stanley Pool
|  MRAC_58579 Stanley Pool
|  MRAC_58579 Stanley Pool
|  MRAC_58610 Stanleyville
|  MRAC_58613 Stanleyville
|  AMNH_72068 Stanleyville, Africa
|  MCZ_41066 Stanleyville, Belgian Congo
|  USNM_250727 Ugangwe-Nsendwe, Congo
|  USNM_250727 Ugangwe-Nsendwe, Congo
|  IRSNB_MP_0384 Umangi
|  UMMZ_112002 Upper Belgian Congo
|  UMMZ_112002 Upper Belgian Congo
|  ANSP_84179 Upper Congo
|  BMNH_94-9-4-1 Upper Congo
|  IRSNB_MP_0388 Yambinga
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