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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!

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 horei (E.A. Smith, 1880): specimens
26 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Coelatura horei — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Unio randibeli — IUCN (2010)

Range: Lake Tanganyika, DRC, Zambia, and Tanzania.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Burundi
MRAC_59256 a 20 km a l’interieur d’Usumbura	MRAC_59595 a 20 km a l’interieur d’Usumbura	MRAC_796675 Lac Tanganyika: Usumbura
MRAC_576710 Plaine de la Ruzizi, Kasaga	MRAC_280077 Usumbura, Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_296823 Usumbura Tanganyika
MRAC_346874 Usumbura Tanganyika
Congo (DRC)
MNHN_MP_1338 Lac Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_0049 Kibanga, Lac Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_1339 Lac Tanganyika
MNHN_MP_1341 M’Pala	MNHN_MP_1342_01 Kibanga, Lac Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_0159 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MRAC_589472 Albertville	MNHN_MP_0160 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0151 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0041 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0025 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0140 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
IRSNB_MP_0869 Albertville (Congo Belge)	MNHN_MP_0102 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	IRSNB_MP_0875 Albertville (Congo Belge) [This doesn’t look like anything from Tanganyika.]
MNHN_MP_0120 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MCZ_102327 Lake Tanganyika, Mpala, Belgian Congo	MCZ_77274 Lake Tanganyika, Albertville, Belgian Congo
MNHN_MP_0089 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MRAC_56801 Tanganyika Mpala	MNHN_MP_0192 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0190 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MRAC_65223 Lac Tanganyika pres Albertville	MNHN_MP_1342 Kibanga, Lac Tanganyika
MNHN_MP_1554 Kibanga, lac Tanganyika	MRAC_55595 Lac Tanganyika amont Foa	MRAC_55610 Lac Tanganyika a Foa
IRSNB_MP_0227 Kibanga, Lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0229 Uvira (Lac Tanganyika)
Tanzania
UMMZ_132878 Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma, Tanganyika Territory	ANSP_132578 Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma, Tanganyika Terr.	SMF_5011 Tanganyika See, b. Karema
ZMB_104821 Tanganyika	ZMB_104822 Rusango (bei Ujiji), Tanganyikasee, Tanzania	ZMB_35532 Karema, Tanganyikasee, Tanzania
ZMB_32910A Tanganyikasee, Tanzania	ZMB_32910B Tanganyikasee, Tanzania
Zambia
MCZ_82036 Lake Tanganyika, Niamkolo, Northern Rhodesia	MRAC_795303 Zambia Liemba Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_795313 Zambia: Lac Tanganyika Kasaba Bay
MRAC_795322 Zambia: Kasakalabwe Mpulungu
unknown
ANSP_133832 L. Tanganyika	ANSP_134031 L. Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_1331 Lake Tanganyika
MNHN_MP_1332 Lake Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_1333 Lake Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_1335 Lake Tanganyika
MNHN_MP_1337 [no locality available - Africa - Lake Tanganyika]	IRSNB_MP_0263 Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0307 Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0308 Lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0826 Lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0313 Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0834 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_56421 Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0857 Tanganyika
MRAC_56578 Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0873 Lac Tanganyika	MCZ_MP.251 Lake Tanganyika
MRAC_56800 Lac Tanganyika	BMNH_80-3-5-34-38 Lake Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_2000 Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_2002 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_60245 Lac Tanganyika	BMNH_80-12-20-42 Lake Tanganyika
SMF_13623 Tanganyika-See	SMF_13643 Tanganyika-See	BMNH_80-12-20-10-13 Lake Tanganyika
BMNH_1906-3-9-43 Lake Tanganyika	ZMB_MP_0390 [no locality available - Africa]	ZMB_35532-01 Tanganyika
AMNH_305988 Lake Moero, Katanga, Zaire	AMNH_305987 Lake Moero, Katanga, Zaire	MNHN_MP_1103 Lac Moero, Katanga, Congo Belge
MRAC_483965 Tanganyika	MRAC_483980 Tanganyika	MRAC_483990 Tanganyika
AMS_5481 Lake Tanganyika	MRAC_55002 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_55585 Tanganyika
MRAC_55594 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_55598 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_55602 Lac Tanganyika
MRAC_55605 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_55617 Lac Tanganyika	MRAC_55673 Lac Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0222 Lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0224 Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0225 Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0226 Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0228 Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0231 Lac Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0233 Tanganyika

Genbank Vouchers

Burundi

UGSB_15585 (21607) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Burundi: Lake Tanganyika (3.38136 S 29.336 E)

Tanzania

UGSB_15880 (21868) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.87324 S 29.62958 E)

UGSB_15881 (21869) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.92475 S 29.67479 E)

UGSB_17457 (22935) (COI, 16S) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.92475 S 29.67479 E)

UGSB_17597 (22868) (COI, 16S) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (8.60546 S 31.174588 E)

UGSB_17588 (22859) (COI, 16S) Zambia: Lake Tanganyika (8.60298 S 31.18382 E)

UGSB_17600 (22871) (COI, 16S) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (8.60195 S 31.17715 E)

Zambia

UGSB_17595 (22866) (COI, 16S) Zambia: Lake Tanganyika (8.6239 S 31.20065 E)

ZAM15-012 (COI, 16S)

Page updated: 09:43:36 Mon 17 Feb 2025

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