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26 December 2007 |
Checklist of the Freshwater Mussel Species of the Nile Basin
(and Northern Africa)
Twenty-eight species of freshwater mussels (in four families) are known from Northern Africa. Most of these are found in the Nile River, which flows from the Central African Great Lakes (i.e., Victoria, Albert and Edward) northward through Cairo and onward to the Mediterranian.
Family Margaritiferidae
Pseudunio auricularia
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Family Unionidae
Anodonta cygnea
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Psilunio littoralis
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Unio mancus
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Unio abyssinicus
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Coelatura aegyptiaca
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Coelatura bakeri
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Coelatura alluaudi
(+ C. cridlandi)
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Coelatura hauttecoeuri
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Coelatura parreyssi
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Coelatura stuhlmanni
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Nitia acuminata
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Nitia monceti
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Nitia teretiuscula
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(not pictured: Coelatura rothschildi, Nita chefneuxi) |
Family Iridinidae
Aspatharia chaiziana
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Aspatharia divaricata
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Aspatharia marnoi
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Chambardia wahlbergi bourguignati
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Chambardia wahlbergi hartmanni
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Chambardia (wahlbergi?) letourneuxi
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Chambardia rubens
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Chambardia trapezia
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Mutela bourguignati
(+ M. alluaudi)
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Mutela dubia
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Mutela rostrata
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Family Etheriidae
Etheria elliptica
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