MUSSELpdb | valid sp. Coelatura mesafricana specimens

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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: specimens
2 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Coelatura gabonensis — IUCN (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf et al. (2014)
Coelatura cf. mesafricana — Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020)
Coelatura mesafricana — Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range: Garamba River, Congo.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Congo (DRC)
SMF_10092 Luapula Fluss bei Kasenga Kalanga, Belg. Kongo	AMNH_72202 Medje, 02°25’N, 27°30’E, Belgian Congo [Zaire], Africa	MRAC_60173 Kasenga, Riv. Luapula
MRAC_600001 Kasenga, Riv. Luapula	MRAC_56762 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56763 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
MRAC_56767 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56768 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56783 Riv. Luapula, Kasenga
MRAC_56785 Garamba

Genbank Vouchers

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mp_4101_22115 (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lomami River (0.76782 N 24.26838 E)

Mp_4101_22131 (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Democratic Republic of the Congo: Aruwimi River (1.28577 N 22.77165 E)

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