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Wed 06 Nov 2024

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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Nitia Pallary, 1924: valid species
     1 nominal genus | Cladomics

Nitia acuminata (H. Adams, 1866)
2 synonyms | 72 specimens
Range: Lake Albert, Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Nitia chefneuxi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)
2 synonyms | 5 specimens
Range: Lake Turkana, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Nitia monceti (Bourguignat, 1883)
6 synonyms | 72 specimens
Range: Lake Victoria and the Victoria Nile, Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Nitia mutelaeformis (Germain, 1906)
3 synonyms | 8 specimens
Range: Chad-Chari Basin, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Nitia teretiuscula (Philippi, 1847)
10 synonyms | 141 specimens
Range: Widespread in the Nile and western Africa, perhaps including the Chad-Chari Basin. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, H3, ND1.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

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