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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 Coelatura Conrad, 1853: valid species
     19 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)
158 synonyms | 713 specimens
Range: Widespread from Senegal and the Niger rivers, through the Lake Chad Basin to the Nile, Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, ND1.
IUCN Red List: Extinct (Unio cariei), Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura alluaudi (Dautzenberg, 1908)
2 synonyms | 15 specimens
Range: Lake Victoria, Kenya and Uganda. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura bakeri (H. Adams, 1866)
6 synonyms | 159 specimens
Range: Lakes Albert and Turkana, Uganda and Kenya. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura briarti (Dautzenberg, 1901)
3 synonyms | 28 specimens
Range: Congo Basin, Africa, DRC, Congo (Brazzaville), and the Central African Republic. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura choziensis (Preston, 1910)
3 synonyms | 33 specimens
Range: Lake Bangweulu Basin, Upper Congo, Zambia. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, H3, SRA.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura cridlandi Mandahl-Barth, 1954
1 synonym | 4 specimens
Range: Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura disciformis (Rochebrune, 1886)
4 synonyms | 31 specimens
Range: Known only from the vicinity of Malebo Pool, Congo Basin, DRC and Congo (Brazzaville). [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (Coelatura rotula).
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura essoensis (Chaper, 1885)
1 synonym | 10 specimens
Range: Côte d’Ivoire. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862)
12 synonyms | 143 specimens
Range: Widespread in Gabon and throughout the Congo Basin, Central Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura hauttecoeuri (Bourguignat, 1883)
23 synonyms | 201 specimens
Range: Lake Victoria, Uganda and Tanzania. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura horei (E.A. Smith, 1880)
26 synonyms | 100 specimens
Range: Lake Tanganyika, DRC, Zambia, and Tanzania. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897)
4 synonyms | 8 specimens
Range: Lake Malawi, Malawi and Tanzania. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura kipopoensis Mandahl-Barth, 1968
3 synonyms | 18 specimens
Range: Upper Congo, DRC. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura kunenensis (Mousson, 1887)
6 synonyms | 54 specimens
Range: From the Cunene River east through the Okavango, to the upper Zambezi, southern Africa. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura leopoldvillensis (Putzeys, 1898)
2 synonyms | 49 specimens
Range: Congo Basin, DRC. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura lobensis (Frierson, 1913)
3 synonyms | 6 specimens
Range: Cameroon. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura luapulaensis (Preston, 1913)
2 synonyms | 23 specimens
Range: Upper Congo Basin, above Lake Mweru, Zambia and DRC. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
2 synonyms | 10 specimens
Range: Garamba River, Congo. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.

Coelatura mossambicensis (Martens, 1860)
10 synonyms | 69 specimens
Range: Widespread from Tanzania south to Mozambique and Malawi; up the Zambezi as far as Lake Kariba. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura ratidota (Charmes, 1885)
13 synonyms | 11 specimens
Range: Tanzania and perhaps Kenya. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura rothschildi (Neuville & Anthony, 1906)
2 synonyms | 3 specimens
Range: Subfossil in Lake Turkana, Kenya. EXTINCT. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura stagnorum (Dautzenberg, 1890)
2 synonyms | 34 specimens
Range: Lower Congo, near the mouth, DRC. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura stanleyvillensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
1 synonym | 22 specimens
Range: Congo River. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.

Coelatura stuhlmanni (Martens, 1897)
1 synonym | 47 specimens
Range: Lakes Edward and Albert, Uganda and DRC. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, H3.
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web site: ITIS.

Coelatura scholzi Van Damme & Pickford, 2010 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene to Pliocene, Africa.

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