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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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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini | Pseudospatha

species Pseudospatha tanganyicensis (E.A. Smith, 1880): specimens
     25 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Pseudospatha tanganyicensisGraf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Zieritz et al. (2013), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map


Burundi

specimen
MRAC_58773

Tanganika riv Ruzizi

specimen
MRAC_58775

Tanganika ... la Ruzizi

specimen
MRAC_58776

Tanganika ... Tongwe

specimen
MRAC_59938

Lac Tanganika Rumonge

specimen
USNM_605722

Lake Tanganyika, Usumbura, Belgian Congo

 

Congo (DRC)

specimen
MRAC_58766

Tanganika... Moliro

specimen
MRAC_58770

Tanganika... Uviro

specimen
MRAC_58771

Tanganika... Uviro

specimen
MRAC_58772

Tanganika entre Moliro et Vua

specimen
SMF_12272

Westufer des Tanganyika See, bei Albertville

specimen
MRAC_589337

Albertville

specimen
MRAC_589338

Albertville

specimen
ANSP_132188

Toa Bay, 5 m., L. Tanganyika, Shaba Province, 05 40 S; 029 20 E

specimen
MRAC_58757

Mpala

specimen
MCZ_29752

Lake Tanganyika, Belgian Congo

specimen
MCZ_142342

Lake Tanganyika, Albertville, Belgian Congo

specimen
MCZ_102330

Lake Tanganyika, Mpala, Belgian Congo

specimen
MCZ_41070

Lake Tanganyika, Tembwe, Belgian Congo

specimen
MRAC_59870

Albertville

specimen
MNHN_MP_0174

Kibanga

specimen
MNHN_MP_0185

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0212

Kibanga

specimen
MNHN_MP_0236

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0256

Lac Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0476

M’pala Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0477

Kibanga Lac Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0481

Kibanga Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_0181

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
USNM_341184

Lake Tanganyika, Albertville, Belgian Congo

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0486

Tanganika a M’pala

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0482

M’pala Tanganika

specimen
ANSP_144643

Albertville, L. Tanganyika, Belg. Congo

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0489

M’pala Lac Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_0222

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0491

M’pala Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0492

M’pala Lac Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0493

Tanganika .. Tumpa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0494

M’pala Lac Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0495

M’pala a Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0496

Kibanga Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_0219

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0498

M’pala Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0499

Tanganika ... Moliro

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0500

Kibanga Lac Tanganika

specimen
MRAC_792121

Lac Tanganika Kalundu

specimen
MNHN_MP_0244

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
MNHN_MP_0273

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0528

Tanganika .. Tumpa

specimen
MNHN_MP_0312

Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)

specimen
MNHN_MP_1014

MPala, Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0650

Albertville (Congo Belge)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0654

Albertville (Congo Belge)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0668

Embouchure de la Lukuga [Kalémié, at head of Lukuga]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0669

Mpala

specimen
MNHN_MP_1017

Lac Tanganyika

specimen
MNHN_MP_1026

Lac Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0702

Albertville (Congo Belge)

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0705

Lukuga [Kalémié, at head of Lukuga]

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0715

Lukuga [Kalémié, at head of Lukuga]

specimen
DMNH_172975

Albertville, Africa

specimen
MRAC_58733

Tembwe

specimen
MRAC_58739

Moliro

specimen
MRAC_58740

Moliro

specimen
MRAC_58745

Moliro

specimen
MRAC_58750

Tembwe

specimen
MRAC_58752

Mpala

specimen
MRAC_58753

Mpala

specimen
MRAC_58756

Mpala

specimen
MRAC_58765

Tanganika... Moliro

   

Tanzania

specimen
MRAC_58777

Tanganika ... Kilewa

specimen
MRAC_58778

Tanganika ... Kilewa

specimen
ZMB_103152

w. Kasanga, Tansania

specimen
ZMB_MP_0026

Tanganyika .....bei Karema

specimen
MCZ_156704

Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika

 

Zambia

specimen
MCZ_82034

Lake Tanganyika, Niamkolo, Northern Rhodesia

specimen
MCZ_82035

Lake Tanganyika, Niamkolo, Northern Rhodesia

specimen
MRAC_795306

Zambia: Lac Tanganika Kasaba Bay

specimen
MRAC_795310

Zambia: Lac Tanganika Kasakalabwe

specimen
MRAC_795320

Zambia: Lac Tanganika Kasakalabwe

specimen
MRAC_795321

Zambia: Kasakalabwe

specimen
MRAC_795327

Zambia: Kasakalabwe, Mpulungu

   

unknown

specimen
SMF_12274

Tanganyika See

specimen
SMF_12273

Tanganyika See

specimen
ZMB_45700

Tanganyika

specimen
ZMB_MP_0032

Ost Afrika

specimen
ZMB_32915

Tanganyika

specimen
ZMB_35534

Tanganyika

specimen
ZMB_MP_0034

Tanganyika

specimen
USNM_120895

Lake Tanganyika, Africa

specimen
USNM_125812

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
ANSP_132189

Kilwa Bay, L. Tanganyika

specimen
USNM_127190

L. Tanganyika, Africa

specimen
MCZ_260831

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
UF_93256

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
USNM_250703

L. Tanganyika

specimen
USNM_250704

L. Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0478

Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0479

Tanganika

specimen
ANSP_132297

L. Tanganyika

specimen
ANSP_133801

L. Tanganyika, Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0480

Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0485

Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0488

Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0490

Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0497

Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0526

Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_1007

Tanganyika

specimen
ANSP_61320

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
FMNH_21468

Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa

specimen
FMNH_21469

Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa

specimen
FMNH_6544

Lake Tanganyika, Africa

specimen
UMMZ_108016

Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

specimen
UMMZ_108018

Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

specimen
UMMZ_108019

Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

specimen
UMMZ_108019A

Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

specimen
UMMZ_111960

Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

specimen
AMNH_35358

Lake Tanganyiki

specimen
AMNH_29222

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
UMMZ_23170

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
BMNH_80-3-5-48

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0655

Tanganika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0670

Lac Tanganika

specimen
MNHN_MP_1027

Tanganyika

specimen
BMNH_MP_273

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
BMNH_1926-10-27-2

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
BMNH_1907-11-11-87-89

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
BMNH_89-6-23-13-14

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
BMNH_80-12-22-13-14

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0704

Tanganika

specimen
AMS_5478

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
AMS_37

Central Africa

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0707

Lake Tanganyika

specimen
IRSNB_MP_0708

Tanganyika

specimen
MRAC_58746

Tanganika

specimen
MRAC_58751

Lac Tanganika

specimen
DMNH_174532

Lake Tanganyika, Africa

specimen
MRAC_58759

Lac Tanganika

 

BMNH_80-3-5-49-53 Lake Tanganyika

Genbank Vouchers

Tanzania

UGSB_17594 (22865) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Tanzania: Kigoma, Lake Tanganyika (4.7 S 29.6 E)

UGSB_17561 (22862) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.96192 S 29.70782 E)

UGSB_17585 (22856) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (8.601964 S 31.17974 E)

UGSB_17592 (22863) (COI, 16S) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (4.7 S 29.6 E)

Zambia

UGSB_17586 (22857) (COI, 16S) Zambia: Lake Tanganyika (8.7488 S 31.17666 E)

UGSB_17587 (22858) (COI, 16S) Zambia: Lake Tanganyika (8.7488 S 31.17666 E)

 

NHMUK_20191054 (COI, 16S, 28S, H3)

NHMUK_20191057 (COI, 16S, 28S, H3)

NHMUK_20191055 (COI, 16S)

ZAM15-030 (COI, 16S)

Page updated: 15:08:45 Wed 04 Dec 2024

 
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